Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect, unbranched or branched (several) basally, 0.4–3 dm.

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

blade usually oblanceolate, rarely spatulate, 2–8 cm × 3–10 mm, base attenuate, margins entire or dentate, apex acute or obtuse.

petiolate;

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

(distal) sessile;

blade margins entire or dentate-sinuate.

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, 7–10 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals yellow, obovate, 14–27 × 3.5–6 mm, claw 9–13 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 9–12 mm;

anthers linear, 2–3.5 mm.

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

divaricate-ascending, slender, narrower than fruit, 5–8 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.

erect to ascending, narrowly linear, often straight, sometimes twisted, strongly torulose, 3–10(–12) cm × 1.5–2.7 mm, latiseptate, not striped;

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

ovules 24–42 per ovary;

style cylindrical, slender, 1.5–5 mm, sparsely pubescent;

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

ovate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 mm;

wing continuous or distal.

oblong, 2–3.5 × 0.8–1.5 mm;

not winged or winged distally.

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

of leaves 2- or 3-rayed.

= 12.

= 36.