Flora of North America species comparison

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

simple or several from base, spreading, (unbranched, sparsely pubescent), to 1.5 dm.

(tufted);

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

blade narrowly elliptic or obovate, 1–3(–4) cm, margins entire or nearly so.

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

(sessile or shortly petiolate);

blade narrowly obovate or oblanceolate, 0.4–1.2 cm, margins entire.

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

loose, (few-flowered).

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals linear, lanceolate, or elliptic, 3.5–6.5 mm, (median pair thickened apically, cucullate);

petals oblanceolate, 5.5–9(–10) mm.

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(spreading, straight or slightly curved), 4–7 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.

globose or subglobose, not or slightly compressed, 3.5–4.3 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes spreading, 3–6-rayed, (appearing shaggy);

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 4.5–7 mm.

somewhat flattened.

slightly flattened, (suborbicular).