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Key to Petrorhagia

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1 Flowers solitary (or in fascicles of 2-3), the pedicels 5-20 mm ; bracts subtending the calyx narrow and short, enclosing about ½ of the calyx; [section Petrorhagia]
1 Flowers in capitate inflorescences (solitary in impoverished or very young plants), the pedicels 0.1-3 mm long; bracts subtending the calyx broad and long, usually completely enclosing the calyx; [section Kohlrauschia]
..2 Leaf sheaths 1-2 mm long; petals lacking dark veins
..2 Leaf sheaths (2-) 3-9 mm long; petals with 1-3 (-6) dark veins.
....3 Leaf sheaths (2-) 3-4 mm long; seeds (1.3-) 1.5-1.8 mm long; petals with 3 (-6) dark veins
....3 Leaf sheaths (3-) 4-9 mm long; seeds 1.0-1.4 mm long; petals with 1 (-3) dark veins
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