Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, decumbent to prostrate, (well-exserted beyond basal leaves), 0.2–0.5 dm.

several from base, (slender), erect or outer decumbent, (usually branched, branches filiform, bud clusters of growing plants drooping), to 2.5 dm.

(petiole differentiated from blade);

blade (slightly cupped, leathery, nearly 1 mm thick), oblanceolate to orbicular, 1.2–2 cm, margins entire, (apex acute).

blade orbicular to broadly spatulate, 1–2.4 cm, margins entire or sinuate.

blade spatulate, similar to basal.

(proximal often petiolate, distal sessile);

similar to basal, blade spatulate to oblanceolate or (distal) linear, (base cuneate), margins entire or sinuate.

dense, (subumbellate).

loose.

sepals (pale yellow), elliptic to oblong, 3.5–4.0 mm, (median pair somewhat thickened apically, cucullate);

petals lingulate, 5–6 mm.

sepals oblong or elliptic, 2.5–4.6 mm, (median pair slightly thickened apically);

petals (pale yellow), spatulate to obovate, 5–9 mm, (apex ± emarginate).

(ascending, curved), 5–7 mm.

(usually divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved), 7–11 mm.

globose or ellipsoid, slightly inflated (with slight apical constriction), 3–6 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes closely appressed;

ovules 8 per ovary;

style 1–3 mm (shorter than mature fruit).

(sessile or shortly stipitate), globose, not inflated, 3–4 mm;

valves (not retaining seeds after dehiscence), glabrous throughout;

replum as wide as or wider than fruit;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 3–5 mm.

plump, (oblong).

flattened.

= 14.