Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched.

(0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2.6) dm.

basal [sometimes cauline]; rosulate;

petiolate;

blade margins entire, subentire, or dentate [pinnately lobed].

petiole (0.5–)1.5–5(–7) cm, to 5 mm wide at base;

blade obovate to spatulate or broadly oblanceolate to lanceolate, (1–)2–5(–8) cm × (7–)13–26mm, base cuneate or attenuate, margins incised to coarsely dentate, apex acute.

(corymbose, 3–20-flowered, rarely proximalmost flowers bracteate), considerably elongated in fruit.

3–15-flowered.

sepals ovate or oblong [linear], (unequal, glandular or eglandular);

petals purple, lavender, or white [pink], obovate, claw differentiated from blade, (subequaling or longer than sepals, apex rounded or emarginate);

stamens tetradynamous;

filaments dilated or not basally;

anthers oblong [linear], (apex obtuse);

nectar glands lateral, annular or semi-annular.

sepals oblong, 5.5–9 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

petals lavender to purple, (15–)16–20(–23) × 7–9 mm, claw 8–12 mm, apex emarginate;

median filaments 4–6 mm;

anthers 1.5–2 mm.

ascending or divaricate-ascending [erect].

(proximalmost) 4–15(–20) mm.

sessile or shortly stipitate (gynophore persistently attached to pedicel), not segmented, linear, oblong, or lanceolate, smooth or torulose, strongly latiseptate or, rarely, subterete or 4-angled;

valves (leathery), each with prominent midvein and with obscure to distinct lateral and marginal veins, eglandular or glandular;

replum almost always flattened (visible);

septum complete;

ovules 6–20[–50] per ovary;

stigma conical or cylindric, 2-lobed (lobes prominent, connate, decurrent).

narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate, (2–)3–5 cm × 5–7 mm;

valves densely glandular;

ovules 10–16 per ovary;

style 0.5–1.5 mm.

often broadly winged, suborbicular to broadly ovate [oblong], strongly flattened;

seed coat (smooth), not mucilaginous when wetted;

cotyledons accumbent.

4–5 × 3.5–4.5 mm;

wing 1–2 mm wide.

= 7.