Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base (crowded), erect, not exceeding leaves.

(tufted);

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

usually absent.

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

(petiole not differentiated from blade);

blade linear-oblanceolate, 3–8(–13) mm, margins entire.

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

(secund), dense, corymbose, (few-flowered, not or barely exceeding leaves).

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals (yellow-green), linear to narrowly triangular, 3.7–4.8 mm, (lateral pair subsaccate);

petals (deep yellow, slightly orange in center), spatulate, 5.2–6.5 mm, (claw joined at right angle).

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(ascending to divaricate-ascending, straight), 3.5–6 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.

(becoming reddish or copper-colored in age), ovate, often slightly compressed (at margins apically), 3–5 mm, (apex acute);

valves (not retaining seeds after dehiscence), glabrous; (septum perforate or not);

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 1.8–3 mm.

somewhat flattened.

plump or slightly flattened, (strongly mucilaginous).