Flora of North America species comparison

often ascending, (rigid), usually branched basally and near middle, (0.4–)1–4(–4.5) dm.

similar to cauline.

petiolate [(0.2–)0.5–2(–2.5) cm] or (distal) sessile or subsessile;

blade oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic, (1–)1.5–7(–9) cm × (3–)7–20(–30) mm (smaller distally), base cuneate, margins usually entire, dentate, or repand, rarely pinnatifid, apex acute or obtuse.

sepals 0.6–0.9 × 0.2–0.4 mm, sparsely pubescent;

petals 0.9–1.3 × 0.1–0.2 mm, claw 0.4–0.6 mm;

filaments 0.5–0.8 mm;

anthers 0.1–0.2 mm.

appressed to rachis, 0.5–1(–1.2) mm (ca. 1/2 as wide as fruit).

erect, 0.2–0.3 cm × 1.5–2 mm, 2-seeded;

replum expanded, to 1.5 mm wide basally, narrowed to apex;

style curved away from rachis, subconical, 1–1.8 mm, sparsely pubescent.

1.3–1.7 × 0.8–1.2 mm.

= 14.