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 prostrate, (well-exserted beyond basal leaves), 0.2–0.5 dm.

(tufted, erect);

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

(petiole differentiated from blade);

blade (slightly cupped, leathery, nearly 1 mm thick), oblanceolate to orbicular, 1.2–2 cm, margins entire, (apex acute).

similar to basal.

blade spatulate, similar to basal.

relatively dense.

dense, (subumbellate).

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

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

sepals (pale yellow), elliptic to oblong, 3.5–4.0 mm, (median pair somewhat thickened apically, cucullate);

petals lingulate, 5–6 mm.

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

(ascending, curved), 5–7 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 or ellipsoid, slightly inflated (with slight apical constriction), 3–6 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes closely appressed;

ovules 8 per ovary;

style 1–3 mm (shorter than mature fruit).

flattened, (mucilaginous).

plump, (oblong).

= 10, 20.