Flora of North America species comparison

few to several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.3–1.5(–3) dm.

several from base, erect or laterally decumbent, (usually unbranched), (0.3–)0.5–2.5(–4) dm.

(tufted, erect);

blade linear to very narrowly spatulate, 1–3(–4) cm, margins entire (involute).

blade linear to somewhat elliptic, 1–4(–8) cm, margins entire or coarsely dentate.

similar to basal.

(shortly petiolate);

blade usually linear to narrowly oblanceolate, rarely elliptic to rhombic, 0.5–2.5 cm, (base narrowing to petiole), margins entire or remotely dentate (sometimes involute).

relatively dense.

loose to somewhat dense.

sepals (greenish yellow), elliptic, 3.5–7 mm;

petals spatulate, 5–6 mm, (not clawed).

sepals elliptic to oblong, 5–8 mm, (lateral pair not saccate, median pair often thickened apically, ± cucullate);

petals (usually orange or orange-yellow at junction of blade and claw, sometimes also with orange guidelines), obdeltate to obovate, 8–12 mm, (claw relatively short).

(ascending, curved or sigmoid), 2–10 mm.

(divaricate-spreading to erect, usually straight or slightly curved, occasionally sigmoid), 8–20(–40) mm.

(erect), ovoid (or longer than broad), usually inflated, 4–5 mm, (apex acute, slightly flattened);

valves pubescent, trichomes appressed;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 2–4 mm.

globose, broadly ellipsoid, or ovoid, not or slightly inflated, 5–8 mm, (firm, apex usually acute);

valves (not retaining seeds after dehiscence, often reddish in age), glabrous throughout;

replum as wide as or wider than fruit;

ovules (12–)20–32(–40) per ovary;

style (2–)3–6 mm.

flattened, (mucilaginous).

flattened.

= 10, 20.

= 12, 14, 24.