Flora of North America species comparison

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

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

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

blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire.

(tufted);

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

blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire.

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

loose.

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

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

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

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

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

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

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.

(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.

somewhat flattened.