Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, decumbent to erect or ascending (unbranched), 1–2.5 dm.

(tufted, erect);

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

(outer ones spreading, inner erect or ascending);

blade ovate, often broadly so, 4–7 cm, margins repand to lyrate-lobed.

similar to basal.

similar to basal, blade oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, reduced in size, (base gibbous).

relatively dense.

loose, (elongated).

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

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

sepals lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 5.8–7.2 mm;

petals (erect, sometime purplish or drying purple), narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 7–10 mm, (not or weakly clawed).

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

(ascending to divaricate-ascending, sigmoid to nearly straight), 10–17 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.

didymous, globose or subglobose, inflated, 10–13 mm, (papery, basal and apical sinuses deep);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes ascending, appearing fuzzy;

replum oblong to oblanceolate, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style (4–)5–7 mm.

flattened, (mucilaginous).

plump, (suborbicular).

= 10, 20.