Flora of North America species comparison

erect, often branched distally, (woody at base), 0.6–5(–6) dm.

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

(often withered in suffrutescent plants);

blade oblanceolate to oblanceolate-linear, 2.5–17 cm × (2–)3–16(–20) mm, base attenuate, margins sinuate-dentate or dentate, apex acute.

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

(distal) petiolate;

blade margins usually dentate, rarely denticulate.

(distal) sessile;

similar to basal.

considerably elongated in fruit.

considerably elongated in fruit.

sepals oblong to linear-oblong, 8–12(–15) mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals yellow to cream, obovate to suborbicular, 14–29 × 5–12(–15) mm, claw 9–17 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 9–15 mm;

anthers linear, 2.5–4 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 to ascending, stout, narrower than fruit, 5–17(–22) mm.

widely spreading, slender, narrower than fruit, (8–)10–22 mm.

usually ascending, rarely spreading, narrowly linear, straight or curved upward, not or, rarely, slightly torulose, (3.8–)4–11(–14) cm × 2–4 mm, latiseptate, not striped;

valves with somewhat prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes (2 or) 3 (or 4)-rayed, glabrous inside;

ovules 32–64 per ovary;

style cylindrical, slender, 0.5–3.5 mm, sparsely pubescent;

stigma 2-lobed, lobes as long as 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.

oblong, 2–3.5(–4) × 1.2–2.2(–2.5) mm;

wing distal, present on 1 or both margins.

oblong, 1–2 × 1.2–2 mm;

not winged.

of leaves 2-rayed mixed with 3(–5)-rayed ones.

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

= 36.

= 36.