Flora of North America species comparison

few to several from base, ascending or prostrate, (arising laterally, also from within basal leaves, usually unbranched, rarely branched), 0.5–3(–6) dm.

few from base, erect, (stout), to 1.5 dm (sometimes greatly reduced).

blade narrowly oblanceolate or broadly elliptic, 1–7(–12) cm, margins entire or shallowly toothed, sometimes repand, (inner blades usually flattened in age, surfaces often gray-green, scabrous).

blade suborbicular to rhombic or broadly elliptic, 1–4.5 cm, margins entire, (apex rounded to subacute).

(usually secund);

blade spatulate or obovate, 1–2.5(–4.5) cm, margins entire or shallowly toothed, (flat or involute).

(proximal petiolate, distal subsessile);

blade elliptic, 1–4 cm, (distal narrower), margins entire or remotely dentate.

somewhat crowded (to moderately elongated in fruit, exceeding basal leaves).

condensed, (subcorymbose to subumbellate, few-flowered).

sepals broadly elliptic or oblong, 4–7.5(–9) mm, (median pair thickened apically, cucullate);

petals cuneate or obovate, 7–10(–16) mm, (tapering gradually to broad claw).

sepals (persistent), broadly ovate or oblong to narrowly elliptic, 5.5–8(–9.5) mm, (lateral pair slightly cucullate, median pair thickened apically, cucullate, usually keeled);

petals (orange to yellow), oblong to obovate, 8–11.5(–14.5) mm, (slightly narrowed to broad claw, margins sinuate, often retuse).

(often divaricate-spreading and straight, or horizontal and loosely sigmoid, sometimes slightly recurved), 5–15 mm.

(horizontal or divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved), 5–15 mm, (stout and rigid).

subglobose to ovoid or ellipsoid, sometimes compressed, (4–)5–7(–9) mm;

valves sparsely pubescent, trichomes appressed or erect, sometimes sparsely pubescent inside;

ovules (8–)12–16(–20) per ovary;

style 2–7 mm.

(sessile or substipitate), globose, ovoid, or suborbicular, compressed (with marginal and apical constriction), 4–7 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes contiguous or overlapping, often spreading;

ovules 16–24 per ovary;

style 2–4 mm.

somewhat flattened.

lenticular, ovate in outline.

= 10 + 2, 18, 20, ± 40.

= 10.