Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, erect, (unbranched), 0.2–0.3 dm.

(tufted, erect);

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

(few), similar to cauline.

similar to basal.

(petiole not differentiated from blade);

blade (somewhat succulent), linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–12 mm, margins entire.

relatively dense.

dense, (few-flowered).

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

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

sepals (yellowish), elliptic, 3–4.5 mm;

petals (erect or, more commonly, arching), spatulate to oblanceolate, 5.8–7 mm, (claw not or weakly differentiated from blade).

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

(ascending to divaricate-ascending, ± straight), 3.5–6 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.

(coppery or reddish brown in age), broadly ovoid, slightly inflated, 3–4 mm;

valves (not retaining seeds after dehiscence), glabrous throughout;

replum as wide as or wider than fruit;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 1.8–3 mm.

flattened, (mucilaginous).

flattened.

= 10, 20.