Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, decumbent to ascending, (unbranched), 0.5–1.5 dm.

several from base, erect or decumbent (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1.5 mm.

(petiole slender);

blade obovate, 3–5 cm (width 10–20 mm, base tapering abruptly to petiole), margins entire, (apex rarely slightly acute).

(petiole slender);

blade obovate to orbicular, 3–6 cm (width 10–20 mm), margins entire or dentate.

blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire.

blade spatulate, 1–2 cm (width 3–6 mm), margins entire, (apex often acute).

subcorymbose.

congested.

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals narrowly lanceolate, 5–8(–9) mm;

petals narrowly oblanceolate, 9–12 mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(divaricate, slightly sigmoid), 8–15 mm.

didymous, mostly highly inflated (strongly flattened at least in 1/2 toward replum), 14–18 × 14–18 mm, (papery, basal sinus slightly notched, apical open, shallow);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), evenly pubescent;

replum lanceolate, 7–10 mm, width 1.5–2.5 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute to acuminate;

ovules 8–10 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

(often purplish in age), didymous, subreniform, strongly inflated, 9–18 × 11–21(–30) mm, (papery, base obtuse to slightly cordate, apical sinus V-shaped or convex, open crests rounded);

valves (2-keeled on side away from replum, each 3-sided, keels rounded, sides flat or slightly convex, retaining seeds after dehiscence), evenly and densely pubescent;

replum oblong, as wide as or wider than fruits, apex obtuse;

ovules 4–12 per ovary;

style (4–)6–8 mm (exceeding sinus).

flattened, (2–3 mm).

flattened.

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.

= 8, 10, 16, 24.