Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect, unbranched or branched basally, (0.4–)1.5–4.5(–7) dm.

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

(often 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.

(proximal and median) petiolate and (distal) sessile, (petiole (0.3–)0.5–2(–3) cm);

blade [linear, narrowly oblanceolate, elliptic, or oblong, (1–)2–8(–11) cm × (2–)5–12(–17) mm, base attenuate], margins sinuate or coarsely dentate to denticulate or repand, (distal) entire or denticulate, (apex acute).

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 linear-oblong, 4–6 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals yellow, narrowly oblanceolate to spatulate, 6–8 × 1.5–2 mm, claw 3–6 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 4–6 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong, 0.8–1.3 mm.

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

divaricate, stout, as wide as fruit, 2–4(–6) 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.

widely spreading to divaricate-ascending, narrowly linear, straight or curved upward, somewhat torulose, (2–)3–8(–10) cm × 1.5–2 mm, 4-angled, not striped;

valves with prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 2-rayed and, fewer, 3-rayed, often glabrous, sometimes pubescent inside;

ovules (40–)50–80(–90) per ovary;

style cylindrical or subclavate, 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, 1.1–1.5 × 0.6–0.7 mm;

not winged or, rarely, winged distally.

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

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

= 12.

= 16.