Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect, often branched distally, (slightly ribbed), (1–)3–9(–11) dm.

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

(withered by fruiting; petiole 1–4 cm);

blade elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, (1–)2–6(–8) cm × (0.3–)5–10 mm, base cuneate, margins entire or obscurely denticulate, apex acute.

petiolate;

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

sessile or subsessile;

blade (linear or elliptic-linear), margins entire or obscurely denticulate.

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, 4–7 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals yellow, obovate, (6–)7–9(–10) × 2–3 mm, claw 5–8 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 4–6 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm.

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

suberect or ascending, slender, narrower than fruit, (3–)4–8(–10) 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, (often appressed to rachis), 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- or 4-rayed, fewer 2-rayed ones, usually glabrous inside, rarely sparsely pubescent;

ovules 40–60 per ovary;

style cylindrical, slender, 0.5–2 mm;

stigma capitate, entire.

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 mostly 3- or 4-rayed, 2-rayed ones usually on stem and pedicel.

= 12.