Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, prostrate to decumbent, (usually unbranched, rarely branched distally), 1–3 dm.

(petiole slender);

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

(tufted);

blade broadly obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 broad teeth, (apex rounded to obtuse).

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

blade oblanceolate to nearly oblong, similar to basal, (base cuneate), margins entire.

subcorymbose.

(secund), loose, (elongated in fruit).

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals (yellowish), elliptic to lanceolate, (2–)3–4 mm;

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(recurved), 6–8(–12) 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.

(usually pendent), elliptic to subglobose, usually slightly compressed (latiseptate), 3–4 mm;

valves densely pubescent, sometimes with scattered trichomes inside;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style ca. 3 mm.

flattened, (2–3 mm).

somewhat flattened.

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.