Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, prostrate to decumbent, (usually unbranched, rarely branched distally), 1–3 dm.

simple from base, erect, (usually unbranched), to 4.5 dm.

(tufted);

blade broadly obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 broad teeth, (apex rounded to obtuse).

blade suborbicular to elliptic, 2–9.5(–11.5) cm, margins entire, sinuate, coarsely dentate, or almost lyrate-pinnatifid.

blade oblanceolate to nearly oblong, similar to basal, (base cuneate), margins entire.

similar to basal, blade narrowly linear or, sometimes, orbicular.

(secund), loose, (elongated in fruit).

loose (lax).

sepals (yellowish), elliptic to lanceolate, (2–)3–4 mm;

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals elliptic or ovate, (2–)3.5–7.5 mm, (cucullate);

petals 6–11 mm.

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(recurved, straight, curved, or sigmoid), 6–20 mm.

(usually pendent), elliptic to subglobose, usually slightly compressed (latiseptate), 3–4 mm;

valves densely pubescent, sometimes with scattered trichomes inside;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style ca. 3 mm.

obovoid to subglobose, not inflated (not angustiseptate), 3–6 mm;

valves sparsely pubescent, sometimes glabrous inside, trichomes sessile or stalked;

ovules 4(–8) per ovary;

style (1.6–)3–6 mm.

somewhat flattened.

flattened.

= 10, 30.