Flora of North America species comparison

absent.

basal, rosulate, petiolate, blade margins entire or lyrately lobed.

(few to many) on peduncle from basal rosette.

sepals ovate or oblong;

petals oblanceolate, (slightly longer than sepals, apex obtuse);

stamens (erect), slightly tetradynamous;

filaments not dilated basally;

anthers ovate or broadly so, (apex obtuse);

nectar glands lateral, semiannular, intrastaminal, median glands present (smaller, distinct).

ascending or erect, slender.

sessile or, rarely, stipitate, orbicular or orbicular-ovate, smooth, strongly latiseptate;

valves not veined or obscurely veined;

replum slightly flattened;

septum complete, (hyaline);

stigma capitate.

flattened, broadly winged, orbicular;

seed coat (coarsely reticulate at center), not mucilaginous when wetted;

cotyledons accumbent.

= 8.