Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect, often branched distally, (ribbed), (0.7–)1.5–10(–15) dm.

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

(withered by fruiting), similar to cauline.

petiolate;

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

(median and distal) shortly petiolate or sessile;

blade (lanceolate, linear, or elliptic-oblong, (1–)2–7(–11) cm × (2–)5–12(–23) mm, base cuneate) margins usually subentire or denticulate, rarely sinuate-dentate, (apex acute or obtuse).

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, 1.8–3.2 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals yellow, narrowly spatulate, 3–5.5 × 1.5–2 mm, claw 1.5–3.5 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 2–3.5 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm.

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

divaricate or ascending, slender, much narrower than fruit, 5–13(–16) 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.

suberect or divaricate-ascending, linear, straight, somewhat torulose, (1–)1.5–2.5(–4) cm × 1–1.3 mm, 4-angled, not striped;

valves with prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 3–5-rayed, densely pubescent inside;

ovules (20–)30–55 per ovary;

style cylindrical, slender, 0.5–1.5 mm;

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

ovate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 mm;

wing continuous or distal.

oblong, 1–1.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm;

not winged.

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

of leaves primarily 3- or 4-rayed, sometimes mixed with 5-rayed ones, 2-rayed trichomes primarily on stem and pedicels.

= 12.

= 16.