Flora of North America species comparison

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

few to several from base, ± erect, (arising laterally, also from within basal leaves), 0.2–0.4 dm.

(petiole slender);

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

(erect);

blade linear-oblanceolate, 1.2–2.8 cm, (base gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire.

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

blade linear, similar to basal.

subcorymbose.

dense, (often subumbellate, not or barely exceeding basal leaves).

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals (pale green-yellow), oblong to elliptic, 4–5 mm, (median pair usually thickened apically, cucullate);

petals lingulate, 6–9 mm.

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(ascending, curved), 3–5.5 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.

lanceolate in outline, compressed (latiseptate) on margins and at apex, 4–5 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes closely appressed;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style 3.5–4.5 mm (equaling or exceeding length of fruit, curved proximal to stigma).

flattened, (2–3 mm).

plump, (oblong).

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.