Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, erect to decumbent, (unbranched, fertile stems from among basal leaves), 1.2–1.8 dm.

(tufted);

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

(erect, not rosulate);

blade broadly oblanceolate, 4–8 cm, margins entire or shallowly sinuate-dentate, (apex acute).

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

(proximal petiolate);

blade narrowly lanceolate, similar to basal in size, (distal with cuneate base), margins entire.

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

loose, (elongated in fruit).

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals (greenish yellow), elliptic, often broadly so, 4.8–7.1 mm;

petals oblanceolate, 6.8–9.8 mm.

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(widely spreading to recurved), 1–1.5 cm.

(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.

(usually pendent), slightly didymous apically, obcordate, slightly inflated, 4–7 × 3–6 mm, (papery, basal sinus absent, apical sinus evident to nearly absent);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent;

replum broadly obovate to suborbicular, 4–5 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, margins entire;

ovules usually 4 (rarely 6–8) per ovary;

style (2.5–)3–4(–5) mm.

somewhat flattened.

plump.