Flora of North America species comparison

simple or few from base (caudex), erect, unbranched, (0.6–)1.5–3(–4) dm, (glabrous).

simple or several from base (rosette), erect, often branched distally, 2–7(–10) dm, (hirsute basally, trichomes simple and minutely stalked, forked, rarely almost exclusively glabrous).

petiole 0.3–1.5 cm;

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.5–)1–3(–4) cm × (2–)3–6(–10) mm, margins entire, repand, or obtusely dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces sometimes with individual trichomes terminating some or all leaf teeth.

petiole 0.7–3 cm, (ciliate or not);

blade broadly spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 1.2–10 cm × 7–30 mm, margins entire or dentate, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces usually pubescent, sometimes glabrous, trichomes simple, forked and stalked, stellate.

(2 or) 3–5 (or 6);

blade oblong, 0.3–1(–1.2) cm × 1–3 mm, base not auriculate, margins entire or repand, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous.

(2–)4–12(–18), (well-spaced or, rarely, overlapping);

blade ovate to oblong or lanceolate, 1.5–6.5(–10) cm × 5–30 mm, base auriculate, margins dentate or entire, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces sparsely hirsute or glabrous.

simple, (dense).

simple or branched.

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

petals purple, spatulate, 8–16 × 2–5 mm, apex obtuse;

filaments 4–8 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm.

sepals oblong, 3.5–5 × 1.2–2 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals white, rarely pink, linear-oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, (5.5–) 6.5–9(–10) × 1.5–3 mm, apex obtuse;

filaments 3.5–6 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.7–1 mm.

ascending to suberect, 3–10(–13) mm.

erect to erect-ascending, 3.5–10(–15) mm, (glabrous or sparsely pubescent).

ascending to suberect, not torulose, sometimes slightly curved, 2–4 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein extending full length;

ovules 20–34 per ovary;

style 0.3–1.5 mm.

erect to erect-ascending, (often appressed to rachis), torulose, 3.5–6.5 cm × 1.2–1.8(–2) mm;

valves each with prominent midvein extending full length or to middle;

ovules 54–80 per ovary;

style (0.1–)0.3–1 mm.

narrowly winged distally or, rarely, not winged, oblong, 1.5–2.2 × 1–1.3 mm, wing 0.1–0.2 mm wide.

usually narrowly winged throughout or only distally, rarely not winged, oblong or suborbicular, 1–1.8 × 0.9–1.3 mm;

wing to 0.2 mm wide distally.

= 32, 64.