Complex sentence: The sparsely hairy stems may number between six and seventeen centimeters in length and are typically simple or branching in the lower half of plant, and they are erect, generally flexible, and of green to reddish color.
Split into simpler sentences: The sparsely hairy stems may number between six and seventeen centimeters in length and are typically simple, or branching in the lower half of plant. They are erect, generally flexible, and of green to reddish color.