Flora of North America species comparison

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

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

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

blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire.

(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, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire.

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

loose.

dense, (elongated in fruit).

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

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

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

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

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.

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

valves densely pubescent, trichomes spreading;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style 4–6 mm.

flattened, (faintly margined).