Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually unbranched basally, branched distally or sometimes throughout, (1.3–)2–8.2(–10.7) dm.

petiole 0.5–4.7 cm;

blade pinnate, obovate to oblanceolate in outline, 1.5–10.3 cm, lateral lobes (2–9 pairs), ovate or oblong to lanceolate or linear, margins usually dentate to incised or entire, rarely pinnatifid or crenate.

sessile or shortly petiolate;

blade smaller distally, distal lobes oblong, lanceolate, linear, (margins dentate to denticulate or entire), surfaces pubescent or glabrous.

considerably elongated in fruit, (glandular or eglandular).

sepals erect to ascending, yellowish, oblong to ovate, 1.6–2.4 mm, glabrous or pubescent;

petals narrowly oblanceolate, 1.7–2.8 × 0.5–0.9 mm;

median filaments 1.6–2.4 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.4 mm.

ascending to divaricate or horizontal, straight, (3–)5–25(–30) mm.

erect to ascending, linear, slightly torulose, 8–20 × 0.9–1.3 mm, (straight or slightly to strongly curved inward);

valves each not veined or with distinct midvein;

septum not veined;

ovules 14–26 per ovary;

style 0.1–0.3 mm, glabrous.

uniseriate, reddish brown, oblong, 0.9–1.3 × 0.5–0.6 mm.