Flora of North America species comparison

simple or few from base (caudex), erect, unbranched, (0.6–)1.5–3.5(–4.5) dm, (sparsely to densely hirsute basally or throughout).

petiole 0.3–1.5 cm, (ciliate);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.5–)1–3(–4) cm × (2–)3–6(–10) mm, margins entire, repand, or obtusely dentate, (ciliate), apex obtuse, surfaces pubescent, trichomes usually simple, sometimes mixed with fewer forked ones, rarely subglabrate.

3–6 (or 7);

blade oblong, 0.4–1(–1.5) cm × (1–)2–4 mm, base not auriculate, margins entire or repand, apex obtuse.

simple, (dense).

sepals (purple), oblong, 4–8 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals purple, spatulate, (9–)10–18(–20) × (2.5–)3.5–6(–8) mm, apex obtuse;

filaments 4–9 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm.

ascending to suberect, 8–12(–15) mm, (subglabrate or sparsely pubescent).

ascending to suberect, not torulose, sometimes slightly curved, 3.5–6.5 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein extending full length;

ovules 24–36 per ovary;

style (0.7–)1–2 mm.

narrowly winged nearly throughout except wider distally, oblong, 1.5–2.3 × 1–1.3 mm;

wing 0.1–0.3 mm wide.

= 32.