Flora of North America species comparison

0.4–0.8 dm.

erect, unbranched.

petiole 0.2–1 cm, 2–4 mm wide at base;

blade obovate to broadly spatulate, 0.6–1.5(–2) cm × 4–8(–10) mm, base cuneate, margins coarsely dentate to subentire, apex acute.

basal [sometimes cauline]; rosulate;

petiolate;

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

6–16-flowered.

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

sepals ovate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.2–1.7 mm, eglandular;

petals lavender to purple, 6–7 × 3–5 mm, claw 2–3.5 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 2.5–3 mm;

anthers 0.9–1 mm.

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.

(proximal-most) 5–9(–12) mm.

ascending or divaricate-ascending [erect].

obovate to oblong, 0.8–1.4(–1.7) cm × 5–7 mm;

valves eglandular or sparsely glandular;

ovules 6–8 per ovary;

style 0.2–1 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).

4–6 × 3.5–5 mm;

wing 0.8–1.5 mm wide.

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

seed coat (smooth), not mucilaginous when wetted;

cotyledons accumbent.

= 7.