Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched basally, branched distally, (1.3–)2–10.5(–13.5) dm.

petiole 0.4–4.2 cm;

blade pinnate, oblanceolate to obovate in outline, 1.5–6 cm, lateral lobes [2–4 (or 5) pairs], lanceolate, (5–22 × 1–5 mm), margins usually entire or crenate to incised, rarely lobed.

sessile or shortly petiolate;

blade smaller distally, distal lobes often narrower, surfaces sparsely pubescent.

considerably elongated in fruit.

sepals spreading, yellowish, oblong, 0.9–1.5 mm, glabrous;

petals oblanceolate, 1.1–1.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm;

median filaments 0.8–1.4 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.4 mm.

divaricate to ascending or suberect, often straight, 3–9(–11) mm.

divaricate to erect, fusiform, not torulose, (2–)3–5(–6) × (0.8–)1–1.3 mm, (long-acute at both ends);

valves each with obscure midvein;

septum not veined;

ovules 4–12 per ovary;

style (0.2–)0.3–0.6(–0.8) mm, glabrous.

uniseriate, light brown, ellipsoid, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.8 mm.

= 14.