Flora of North America species comparison

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

ascending to sprawling, proximal branches terminating in sterile rosettes, (woody at base), 0.5–3 dm.

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

blade linear to linear-oblanceolate, (2–)3.7–9 cm × 2–5(–10) mm, base attenuate, margins usually entire, rarely sparsely denticulate, apex acute.

petiolate;

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

(distal) sessile;

similar to basal.

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, 6–10 mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally;

petals yellow, broadly obovate to suborbicular, (11–)14–20(–22) × (3–)4–11.5 mm, claw 7–10 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 7–10 mm;

anthers linear, 2–3 mm.

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

widely spreading, slender, narrower than fruit, (8–)10–22 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 spreading, narrowly linear, straight or only slightly curved inward, not torulose, 2–5(–7) cm × 2–3 mm, angustiseptate, not striped;

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

ovules 36–50 per ovary;

style cylindrical or slightly flattened, stout, 1–4 mm, sparsely pubescent;

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

ovate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 mm;

wing continuous or distal.

oblong, 1–2 × 1.2–2 mm;

not winged.

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

-chomes of leaves primarily 2-rayed, sometimes mixed with 3-rayed ones.

= 12.

= 36.