Flora of North America species comparison

usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 1–2.5 dm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 2–5-rayed (rarely, some simple), 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous distally.

usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, (1–)2–6.3 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 3–8-rayed, 0.1–0.3(–0.5) mm, similarly pubescent distally.

blade oblanceolate, 2.5–6 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate proximally, trichomes (simple), surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 4–7-rayed, 0.3–0.5 mm.

blade oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm wide, margins usually dentate, not ciliate, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 5–12-rayed, 0.05–0.2 mm.

3–12, often concealing stem proximally;

blade auricles 0.5–2 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves usually glabrous, sometimes margins ciliate.

7–45(–65), concealing stem proximally;

blade auricles absent or 0.7–3 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent.

12–25-flowered, usually unbranched.

10–40(–64)-flowered, usually unbranched.

ascending at anthesis;

sepals pubescent;

petals purple, 5–6 × 1.5–2 mm, glabrous;

pollen spheroid.

ascending to descending at anthesis;

sepals pubescent;

petals white to lavender, 5–9 × 0.8–1.8 mm, glabrous;

pollen ellipsoid.

ascending to divaricate-descending, straight, 2–6 mm, glabrous.

pendent, recurved distal to horizontal to ascending base, 4–10 mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched.

ascending to divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight, edges parallel, 2–3.7 cm × 2–2.8 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 56–80 per ovary;

style 0.1–0.3 mm.

closely pendent, rarely appressed to rachis, sometimes somewhat secund, usually straight, edges parallel, 3–6.5 cm × 1.9–2.2 mm;

valves pubescent throughout;

ovules 38–64 per ovary;

style 0.05–0.1 mm.

uniseriate, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1 mm;

wing distal or continuous, 0.05–0.1 mm wide.

uniseriate, 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.4 mm;

wing continuous, 0.1–0.3 mm wide.

= 14.