Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally, (woody at base when subshrubs), 1.5–8 dm.

erect, unbranched or branched distally, 0.4–9(–13) dm.

(rosulate when biennial, often withered by fruiting), similar to cauline.

blade (somewhat fleshy), linear-oblanceolate, 3.5–15.5 cm × 2–9 mm, base attenuate, margins entire or obscurely dentate, apex acute.

petiolate;

blade (obovate to oblanceolate, 4–22 cm × 3–12 mm, base cuneate to attenuate), margins entire to repand.

blade (oblanceolate), margins entire.

considerably elongated in fruit.

considerably elongated in fruit.

sepals oblong, 6–10 mm, lateral pair not or slightly saccate basally;

petals orange, yellow, brown, red, purple, violet, or white, broadly obovate to suborbicular, 20–35x 5–10 mm, claw 7–12 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 7–9 mm;

anthers linear, 2.5–3.5 mm.

sepals oblong to linear-oblong, 7.5–11(–13) mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally;

petals bright yellow, broadly obovate to suborbicular, 14–24 × 6–11(–14) mm, claw 8–14 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 8.5–12 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm.

divaricate-ascending to ascending, slender, narrower than fruit, 7–13 mm.

divaricate to divaricate-ascending, stout, slightly narrower than fruit, 4–10(–13) mm.

ascending, narrowly linear, straight, not torulose, 3–10 cm × 2–7 mm, latiseptate to terete, not striped;

valves with prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 2-rayed, glabrous inside;

ovules 32–44 per ovary;

style cylindrical or subconical, slender, 0.5–4 mm, pubescent;

stigma strongly 2-lobed, lobes much longer than wide.

spreading, narrowly linear, straight, not torulose, (2–)3.5–12 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm, latiseptate, not striped;

valves with prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 2–4-rayed, glabrous inside;

ovules 50–86 per ovary;

style cylindrical, stout, 0.3–1.5(–2) mm, sparsely pubescent;

stigma slightly 2-lobed, lobes as long as wide.

ovate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 mm;

wing continuous or distal.

oblong, 1.5–3 × 1–1.8 mm; winged distally (narrowly so around).

-chomes of leaves 2-rayed, rarely mixed with fewer 3-rayed ones apically.

of leaves 2–4(–7)-rayed.

= 12.

= 36.