Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, usually decumbent to ascending, (arising laterally, unbranched, coarse), 1–2 dm.

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

blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire.

blade pandurate or obovate, 3–6 cm, margins usually deeply and broadly incised, rarely subentire, (apex obtuse).

blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire.

blade oblanceolate to spatulate, similar to basal, (3–6 mm wide), margins entire, (apex often somewhat acute).

loose.

congested, (elongated in fruit).

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

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

sepals oblong, 6–8 mm;

petals spatulate, to 10 mm.

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

(usually curving upward, sigmoid), 6–10 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.

didymous, irregular in shape, somewhat angular, inflated, 5–7 × 6–8 mm, (papery, often rigid, base obtuse or truncate, apical sinus broad, open and deep);

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

replum oblong, often constricted, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

flattened.

= 8, 16.