Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, erect or decumbent and straggling, (branched distally, branches usually filiform), to 5 dm.

(tufted);

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

blade obovate or rhombic to broadly elliptic, 1–4.5(–6.5) cm, margins entire or lyrate-pinnatifid.

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

(proximal petiolate, distal sessile);

blade rhombic or obovate to elliptic, 0.5–2(–3) cm, margins entire or sinuate to remotely toothed.

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

loose.

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals elliptic or ovate, 2.5–5.5 mm, (median pair thickened apically, cucullate);

petals (yellow to orange-yellow), obovate to cuneate, 4–7 mm, (apex sometimes retuse).

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(recurved in age), 5–10(–15) mm, (slender).

(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 inflated, (2–)3–5(–7) mm;

valves (not retaining seeds after dehiscence), glabrous throughout;

replum as wide as or wider than fruit;

ovules (4–)8–16(–20) per ovary;

style (1–5–)2–4.5 mm.

somewhat flattened.

flattened.

= 10.