Flora of North America species comparison

5–50 cm.

basal leaves in suberect to erect, seldom flattened rosettes, petiolate, 1–30 cm, blade often with weak red pigmentation, broadly rhombic to deltate or reniform, 1–7 × 0.5–5(–6) cm, apex obtuse to apiculate, mucro 1–3 mm;

cauline leaves sessile, blade perfoliate or cleft or notched, 10 cm diam. or less.

blades usually green, epidermal gas pockets usually absent;

basal leaf rosettes suberect to flattened, 2–30 cm, blade deltate, apex apiculate drip tip, mucro 1–2 mm;

cauline leaves perfoliate, blade 1–10 cm diam., margins notched or deeply cleft, apex often with twin apiculate, curved tips.

1-bracteate;

bract leaflike, 0.5–15 mm.

3–10 mm;

sepals 1.5–4 mm;

petals pink or white, 2–5 mm;

ovules 3.

2–5 mm, shiny and smooth;

elaiosome 1–3 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 12, 24, 36, 48, 60.

= 12, 24, 60.