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, 1.5–7 dm.

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

blade linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1.5–6(–8) cm × 2–8 mm, base attenuate, margins entire or dentate, apex acute.

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 denticulate.

considerably elongated in fruit.

elongated or not 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, 4–6 mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally;

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 6–9(–11) × 1–2 mm, claw 5–7 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 5–7 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong to linear, 1–2 mm.

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

divaricate-ascending to ascending, stout, slightly narrower than fruit, 4–9(–15) 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.

ascending to divaricate-ascending, (not appressed to rachis), narrowly linear, straight, not torulose, 3–5.8(–7) cm × 1–1.5(–1.8) mm, slightly 4-angled or terete, not striped;

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

ovules 36–66 per ovary;

style cylindrical, stout, 0.7–3 mm, moderately to sparsely pubescent;

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

ovate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 mm;

wing continuous or distal.

ovoid, 1.2–1.7 × 0.8–1 mm;

not winged or wing apiculate.

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

of leaves 2- or 3-rayed.

= 12.

= 81.