Flora of North America species comparison

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

few to several from base, prostrate to decumbent or erect, (usually unbranched), 0.3–1.5(–3) dm.

(tufted, erect);

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

(petiole slender);

blade suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, 1–8 cm, (base narrowing gradually or abruptly to petiole), margins sinuate-dentate or entire.

similar to basal.

(proximal shortly petiolate, distal sessile);

blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm, margins entire or remotely dentate.

relatively dense.

dense or loose.

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

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

sepals elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 4.5–7 mm, (median pair cucullate);

petals spatulate, 7–9(–14) mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).

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

(sigmoid or curved), 5–10(–15) 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.

(erect), ellipsoid to obovoid, compressed at apex and sometimes margins (strongly latiseptate), (5–)6–9 mm, (apex acute, often beaked);

valves densely pubescent, trichomes appressed or spreading, sometimes sparsely pubescent inside, trichomes 4- or 5-rayed;

ovules 4–12 per ovary;

style (2–)3–6.5 mm, (often sparsely pubescent).

flattened, (mucilaginous).

inner surface flattened, outer convex.

= 10, 20.