Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, erect or lateral decumbent, (unbranched), 1–2 dm.

(petiole usually winged);

blade broadly oblanceolate, 3–8 cm, margins usually dentate or pinnatifid, rarely subentire, (terminal lobe acute or obtuse, not rounded).

blade spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, 1–3 cm, margins usually entire, rarely toothed, (apex acute).

loose (and greatly elongated in fruit) to congested.

sepals linear-oblong, 5–7 mm;

petals spatulate, 9–11 mm.

(recurved), 6–15 mm.

(usually pendent on arching pedicels, less frequently widely divergent), irregular in shape, (base obtuse or slightly cordate, apex deeply and broadly notched), not strongly inflated, 8–11 × 8–12 mm, (papery);

valves retaining seeds after dehiscence;

replum linear-oblong, constricted, 2.5–4 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 5–8 mm.

flattened.