Flora of North America species comparison

few from base, decumbent, (arising laterally proximal to current season’s leaves), 0.3–0.8 dm.

several from base, decumbent, (arising laterally, unbranched), 1–3 dm.

(petiole slender);

blade broadly obovate, or deltate to ovate or narrower, 1.5–3.5 cm, (base abruptly to gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire or obscurely few-toothed, (apex usually obtuse, nearly acute in narrower leaves).

(numerous); (petiole slender, rarely with a few broad teeth);

blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire.

(2–5 per stem);

blade oblanceolate to spatulate, similar to basal, margins entire, (apex acute).

blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire.

loose, (3–6-flowered).

loose.

sepals narrowly oblong to linear, 7–9 mm;

petals (erect), spatulate, 10–12(–15) mm.

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

petals (yellow to purplish), spatulate, 8–12 mm.

(widely spreading to ascending, slightly curved or straight), 7–11 mm.

(ascending or spreading, slightly curved or sigmoid), 1–2 cm.

(usually purplish in age), didymous, irregular and somewhat angular, not highly inflated, 4–11 × 10–13 mm, (coriaceous, papery, shallowly grooved distally and on sides, tapered and narrowed toward replum, base obtuse to truncate, apex with broad sinus to nearly truncate);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), densely pubescent, not silvery;

replum elliptic to obovate, as wide as or wider than fruit, base rounded, margins sparsely pubescent or glabrous, apex rounded (with funicles);

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm, (glabrous).

obcordate, angustiseptate, somewhat inflated, (not bladdery), 5–7 × 6–9 mm, (papery, basal sinus absent, apical sinus broad and open);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), loosely pubescent, trichomes spreading;

replum ovate, 5–7 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute or obtuse;

ovules 4–6 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

flattened.