Flora of North America species comparison

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

simple from base, erect to decumbent, (unbranched, mostly filiform, slender), 1–1.5 dm.

(tufted, erect);

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

(erect, petiole slender);

blades broadly ovate to elliptic, 0.5–1 cm, (base abruptly narrowing to petiole), margins entire.

similar to basal.

(remote, distally shortly petiolate);

blade ± spatulate, (base cuneate), margins entire.

relatively dense.

lax, (elongated, few-flowered).

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

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

sepals (erect), oblong, 3.5–4 mm, (lateral pair not saccate);

petals (often fading to light purple apically), spatulate to nearly lingulate, 6–7 mm.

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

(recurved to widely spreading, filiform, slender), 5–10 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.

(pendent), globose or subglobose, compressed, 3–4 mm;

valves ± densely pubescent;

ovules 6–10 per ovary;

style ca. 1.5 mm.

flattened, (mucilaginous).

not seen.

= 10, 20.