Flora of North America species comparison

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

few or several from base, prostrate to decumbent, (unbranched or branched), 0.5–1.5 dm.

(tufted);

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

blades orbicular to broadly obovate, 1.5–3 cm, margins usually entire, rarely remotely dentate.

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

(sessile or shortly petiolate);

blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 1–1.5(–2.5) cm, margins entire, (apex obtuse).

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

dense, (elongated in fruit).

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals ovate or oblong-elliptic, 5–5.5 mm, (lateral pair not saccate);

petals cuneate or broadly obovate, ca. 7 mm, (sometimes slightly narrowed to a broad claw, apex sometimes retuse).

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(sharply recurved), 5–10 mm, (stout).

(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.

subglobose to broadly obovoid, strongly inflated (often slightly angustiseptate), 5–7 mm, (papery);

valves sparsely pubescent; (septum fenestrate, perforate, or obsolete);

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 2–3 mm.

somewhat flattened.

somewhat flattened.