Flora of North America species comparison

simple or few from base, 1.5–9 dm, pubescent proximally, trichomes simple and long-stalked, 2–3-rayed.

usually persistent;

petiole 0.5–3 cm;

blade oblanceolate, 3–9 cm × 3–23 mm, margins dentate, surfaces pubescent, trichomes stalked, 2–4-rayed.

(distal) sessile;

blade linear, 2.7–7.5 cm × 1–9 mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent.

secund, 2–6 dm in fruit.

sepals purple or green, oblong, 2.3–4 × 0.8–2.1 mm, (subequal);

petals lavender apically, spatulate, (2.7–)3.3–4.5 × (0.5–)1–1.5(–1.7) mm, (equal);

filaments (1.7–)2–2.8(–3.3) mm;

anthers 0.9–1(–1.3) mm.

ascending, arcuate, 7–11 mm.

divaricate-ascending, straight or curved, 3.3–6.5 cm × 2–2.5 mm, latiseptate;

valves glabrous;

septum opaque;

ovules 40–50 per ovary;

style obsolete to 0.2 mm.

uniseriate, flattened, winged, oblong, 2.4–2.8 × 1.2–1.9 mm;

seed coat not mucilaginous when wetted;

cotyledons accumbent.