Flora of North America species comparison

a thickened crown, branched.

several from base, exserted to nearly covered with basal leaves (densely clustered), erect or decumbent.

few to several from base, prostrate to decumbent or erect, (usually unbranched), 0.3–1.5(–3) dm.

blade margins sinuate-dentate or entire.

(petiole slender);

blade suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, 1–8 cm, (base narrowing gradually or abruptly to petiole), margins sinuate-dentate or entire.

(proximal shortly petiolate, distal sessile);

blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm, margins entire or remotely dentate.

dense or loose.

sepals elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 4.5–7 mm, (median pair cucullate);

petals spatulate, 7–9(–14) mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).

(sigmoid or curved), 5–10(–15) mm.

(strongly latiseptate), compressed at margins and apex, apex (acute), often beaked;

valves pubescent inside;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style frequently curved.

(erect), ellipsoid to obovoid, compressed at apex and sometimes margins (strongly latiseptate), (5–)6–9 mm, (apex acute, often beaked);

valves densely pubescent, trichomes appressed or spreading, sometimes sparsely pubescent inside, trichomes 4- or 5-rayed;

ovules 4–12 per ovary;

style (2–)3–6.5 mm, (often sparsely pubescent).

inner surface flattened, outer convex.

= 10.