Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, erect or somewhat decumbent, (unbranched), 1–3.5 dm.

several from base, usually somewhat decumbent, (unbranched), (0.4–)0.5–2 dm.

(petiole slender, usually incised or with broad teeth along petiole);

blade obovate, 4–6 cm, margins entire.

(petiole slender, often narrowly winged);

blade obovate to orbicular or rhombic-orbicular, 2–9 cm, (base abruptly narrowed to petiole), margins usually entire, rarely with few scattered teeth, (apex rounded or obtuse, sometimes with apical mucro).

blade oblanceolate or broader, 1.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or sparsely dentate, (apex acute).

blade spatulate to oblanceolate, 1–3 cm, margins entire, (apex usually obtuse).

somewhat loose, (5–15 cm).

loose, (elongated in fruit).

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

petals (lemon yellow), spatulate, 9–12 mm.

sepals linear-oblong, 4–7.5 mm;

petals spatulate, 6–11 mm.

(spreading or ascending, curved, fruits not pendent), 10–20 mm.

(divaricate, slightly sigmoid or nearly straight), 6–12 mm.

didymous, obreniform, moderately inflated, angustispetate, (8–)10–12(–15) × 10–14(–16) mm, (papery, not keeled, basal sinus absent, apical sinus broad and open);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence, rounded or irregular), loosely pubescent, trichomes spreading;

replum broadly lanceolate, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute;

ovules 8 per ovary;

style 1–2 mm.

(erect), didymous, suborbicular, inflated, (4–)6–15 × (4–)8–20 mm, (papery, basal and apical sinuses similar, basal rarely shallower, apical deep, narrow and closed or nearly so);

valves retaining seeds after dehiscence, pubescent, trichomes appressed;

replum oblong, constricted, 2–3.5 mm, narrower than fruit, apex obtuse;

ovules (2 or) 4 per ovary;

style 4–6(–9) mm.

flattened.

(dark brown), flattened, (2–3 mm).

= 8.

= 10, 16, 24.