Flora of North America species comparison

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

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

(tufted);

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

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

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

(proximal often petiolate, distal sessile);

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

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

loose.

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 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).

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

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

(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.

somewhat flattened.

flattened.

= 14.