Flora of North America species comparison

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

few to several from base, ascending (in flower) to nearly prostrate (in fruit), (unbranched), 1–2.5 dm.

(petiole slender);

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

(petiole 1–3.5 cm);

blade ovate to rhombic or rotund, 2–7 cm, (base narrowed abruptly to petiole), margins usually entire, occasionally shallowly repand, (flat).

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

blade elliptic or narrowly so, (0.7–)1–2.5 cm, (base narrowed gradually to petiole), margins entire.

subcorymbose.

dense, (elongated in fruit).

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals (lavender under grayish trichomes), elliptic, 4–6 mm;

petals (white, pale yellow basally, often tinged lavender abaxially), narrowly spatulate, 6–10 mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(ascending, curved to slightly sigmoid), (4–)6–12 mm, (stout).

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.

subglobose to ovoid, slightly compressed, 5–7 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes spreading;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style 4–6 mm.

flattened, (2–3 mm).

flattened, (faintly margined).

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.