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1 Stamens 1-5; seeds 0.5-0.7 (-0.8) mm long; axillary leaf clusters usually absent.
....3 Cymes simple to 2 ± compound or flowers solitary and axillary; seeds lacking a submarginal groove, 0.9-1.4 mm long; [NJ and Long Island northward]
....3 Cymes simple to 3 ± compound or flowers solitary and axillary (S. marina) OR 4-8 ± compound (S. echinosperma); seeds with a submarginal groove present, 0.5-0.7(-0.8) mm long; [collectively widespread].
......4 Seeds shiny and silvery; stipules wider than long; styles 0.3-0.4 mm long