Flora of North America species comparison

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

few from base, erect with outer usually decumbent, 1–3.5(–5) dm.

(tufted, erect);

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

(erect);

blade narrowly lanceolate to linear or (outer) oblanceolate, (1–)2–6(–9) cm, margins usually entire, rarely shallowly dentate, (inner involute, outer usually flat, base usually with some simple trichomes).

similar to basal.

blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear, (1–)2–4(–8) cm, margins flat or involute.

relatively dense.

compact, (elongated and loose in fruit, densely-flowered).

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

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

sepals oblong to broadly elliptic, 4–7(–8) mm, (lateral pair subsaccate, median pair cucullate);

petals oblanceolate or obovate, (5–)6.5–9.5(–11) mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade, or blade gradually narrowed to claw).

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

(usually recurved), (5–)10–20(–25) 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.

subglobose or obovoid, usually inflated, sometimes slightly compressed, (3–)4–6 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes spreading, usually pubescent inside, trichomes appressed, sessile;

ovules (4–)8–12(–16) per ovary;

style 3–4.5(–6.5) mm.

flattened, (mucilaginous).

slightly flattened.

= 10, 20.

= 10, 20, 30.