Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched proximally.

mostly simple, (1–)3–7 dm.

basal and cauline;

subsessile or sessile;

basal not rosulate, subsessile, blade margins usually entire;

cauline blade (base cordate-amplexicaul or, rarely, auriculate), margins usually entire, rarely crenulate.

blade (slightly fleshy), pale green, oblanceolate to obovate, 5–9 cm, margins ± entire.

blade oblong to elliptic or lanceolate, (1–)3–10(–15) cm × (5–)20–25(–50) mm, base deeply cordate-amplexicaul, apex rounded.

(corymbose, several-flowered).

sepals oblong;

petals usually narrowly obovate, rarely oblanceolate, claw differentiated from blade [undifferentiated], (apex obtuse);

stamens slightly tetradynamous;

filaments not dilated, slender;

anthers oblong (base slightly sagittate);

nectar glands lateral, median glands often absent.

sepals 6–8 × 1–1.5 mm, median pair narrower than lateral, apex acute;

petals 7–12 × 2–3 mm, base attenuate, claw usually as long as sepal;

filaments 5–7 mm;

anthers 1.5–2 mm.

ascending, stout (almost as thick as fruit, or, rarely, much narrower).

ascending, straight or curved-ascending, (8–)10–15(–20) mm.

sessile, linear, torulose, 4-angled or terete;

valves each with prominent midvein;

replum rounded;

septum complete;

stigmas capitate-flattened, entire.

± torulose, strongly 4-angled to ± cylindrical, 1-nerved, keeled, (5–)8–14 cm × 2–2.5 mm;

style cylindrical, 0.5–4 mm.

not winged, oblong [ellipsoid];

seed coat (papillose), copiously mucilaginous (granular) when wetted;

cotyledons incumbent.

brown, 2–2.9 × 1.2–1.5 mm.2n = 14.

= 7 [9].