Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, erect, (unbranched), 0.2–0.3 dm.

(tufted);

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

(few), similar to cauline.

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

(petiole not differentiated from blade);

blade (somewhat succulent), linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–12 mm, margins entire.

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

dense, (few-flowered).

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals (yellowish), elliptic, 3–4.5 mm;

petals (erect or, more commonly, arching), spatulate to oblanceolate, 5.8–7 mm, (claw not or weakly differentiated from blade).

(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.

(coppery or reddish brown in age), broadly ovoid, slightly inflated, 3–4 mm;

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

replum as wide as or wider than fruit;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 1.8–3 mm.

somewhat flattened.

flattened.