Flora of North America species comparison

simple or few from base (caudex), erect, unbranched distally, (0.6–)1.7–4.5(–5) dm, (usually pubescent throughout, rarely subglabrate, coarsely hirsute, trichomes simple, mixed with forked ones).

simple or several from base (rosette), erect, often branched distally, 1–8 dm, (pilose with trichomes appressed, malpighiaceous, or minutely stalked, forked, or hirsute basally with trichomes simple and minutely stalked, forked, sometimes almost exclusively pubescent with forked submalpighiaceous trichomes).

petiole 0.5–2(–3) cm, (ciliate);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (1–)2–5(–9) cm × (5–)8–18(–22) mm, margins entire or repand to dentate, (ciliate), apex obtuse, surfaces pubescent or glabrous, trichomes simple and forked, sometimes mixed with 3-rayed stellate ones.

petiole 0.5–2 cm, (ciliate or not);

blade spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong, (0.8–)1.5–8 cm × (5–)10–25 mm, margins entire, repand, or dentate, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces sparsely to densely pubescent, trichomes sessile or stalked, simple or forked, and/or stellate.

3–6 (or 7);

blade oblong, 1–3(–6) cm × 2–7(–15) mm, base not auriculate, margins entire or dentate, (ciliate or not), apex obtuse, surfaces pubescent as basal leaves or glabrous.

(7–)10–45(–61), (overlapping or not);

blade ovate to oblong or lanceolate, rarely linear, (1–)1.5–6(–8) cm × (1–)3–20(–25) mm, base subcordate or auriculate (auricles obtuse or subacute), margins dentate or entire, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces hirsute or adaxially glabrescent.

simple, (dense).

often simple.

sepals (purple), oblong, (5–)6–8 × 1.5–2 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals purple or pink, spatulate, (10–)12–15(–16) × (3–)4–5 mm, apex obtuse;

filaments (4–)5–8 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong, 1.2–1.8 mm.

sepals oblong, 2.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals white, linear-oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, 3.5–5(–5.5) × 1–2(–2.5) mm, apex obtuse;

filaments 2.5–4 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.7–1 mm.

ascending to erect, 5–10 mm, (pubescent or glabrous).

erect to erect-ascending, (2–)3–8(–12) mm (glabrous or sparsely pubescent).

erect or nearly so, slightly torulose, (3–)4.5–6 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein;

ovules 24–30 per ovary;

style 0.5–1 mm.

erect to erect-ascending, (often appressed to rachis), torulose, (3.5–)4–6(–6.5) cm × 0.8–1(–1.2) mm;

valves each with obscure or somewhat prominent midvein extending to the middle;

ovules (54–)60–86 per ovary;

style (0.2–)0.5–1(–1.3) mm, (slender).

narrowly winged distally or not winged, oblong, 1.8–2.2 × ca. 1 mm;

wing ca. 0.1 mm wide.

narrowly winged throughout, oblong or suborbicular, (0.8–)1–1.5(–1.7) × 0.8–1.3 mm;

wing to 0.2 mm wide distally.

= 32.