Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally (or, rarely, basally), 3.5–15 dm, at least sparsely hirsute basally.

erect or ascending, unbranched or branched distally, (hollow, sometimes slightly inflated), 2–12 dm.

soon withered.

rosulate;

petiole 0.5–3.5 cm;

blade oblanceolate to oblong (in outline), 1.5–11.5 cm × 5–55 mm, margins pinnately lobed (lobes dentate).

petiolate (median 0.4–3 cm);

blade lanceolate to oblong, 1.5–9.5 cm × 3–30 mm (smaller distally), margins denticulate to subentire (proximal blade margins dentate).

(distalmost) sessile;

blade lanceolate-linear, margins entire, (surfaces sparsely hispid).

without a terminal cluster of sterile flowers, (considerably elongated in fruit).

(somewhat lax), without a terminal cluster of sterile flowers.

sepals spreading, oblong, 3.5–5.5 × 1–1.7 mm;

petals (spreading), white to lavender, 4–8 × 2–4 mm, not channeled or crisped, claw undifferentiated from blade;

filaments (spreading), subequal, 3.5–5 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong, equal, 1.5–2 mm, (coiled after dehiscence).

sepals erect, (creamy white), lanceolate to ovate, 3–6.5 × 1.8–2.5 mm (equal);

petals creamy white, 6–10.5 mm, blade 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm, not crisped, claw narrowly oblanceolate or oblong, 3–6 × 2–3 mm;

filaments in 3 unequal pairs, abaxial pair 2.5–6 mm, lateral pair 1.5–4.5, adaxial pair 4.5–8 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong, unequal, 2–3 mm (adaxial pair slightly smaller).

ascending to strongly reflexed (slender or thickened), 3–10 mm.

ascending, 9–25 mm, hispid or subglabrate.

erect or reflexed, (straight), terete, 3–6.7 cm × 1.2–2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein, (usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent);

ovules 40–54 per ovary;

style (subconical or cylindrical), 1–4 mm;

stigma subentire.

divaricate to ascending (sometimes curved), terete, 6.5–12.5 cm × 1.8–2.2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein;

ovules 78–96per ovary;

style to 2 mm;

stigma slightly 2-lobed.

(brown), 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.3 mm.

1–1.6 × 0.7–1 mm.

= 28.