Flora of North America species comparison

blade margins entire.

blade margins ± entire, (sometimes slightly lobed or widened at base).

not usually secund, hardly elongated in fruit.

not secund, loose and elongated in fruit, or dense in alpine forms.

(divaricate-ascending), straight or slightly sigmoid.

usually sigmoid.

as wide as or longer than wide, apex rounded-acute;

valves glabrous inside;

septum complete;

ovules 10–14 per ovary;

style 1–2 mm.

slightly wider than long, apex truncate or retuse;

valves pubescent inside;

septum ± perforate;

ovules 4(–8) per ovary;

style to 7(–9) mm.

cream-white or white.

yellow.