Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, usually decumbent to ascending, (arising laterally, unbranched, coarse), 1–2 dm.

simple from base, loosely spreading, usually decumbent, (well exserted from basal leaves, often reddish purple), 0.8–2.4 dm.

blade pandurate or obovate, 3–6 cm, margins usually deeply and broadly incised, rarely subentire, (apex obtuse).

blade (erect), spatulate to nearly rhombic, 2.5–5(–9) cm, (base gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire, (flat).

blade oblanceolate to spatulate, similar to basal, (3–6 mm wide), margins entire, (apex often somewhat acute).

blade spatulate, similar to basal, margins entire.

congested, (elongated in fruit).

loose, (elongated, exceeding basal leaves).

sepals oblong, 6–8 mm;

petals spatulate, to 10 mm.

sepals (pale yellow), lingulate to spatulate, 3.5–4 mm;

petals narrowly oblanceolate, 4–6 mm.

(usually curving upward, sigmoid), 6–10 mm.

(ascending, curved or sigmoid), 4–7 mm.

didymous, irregular in shape, somewhat angular, inflated, 5–7 × 6–8 mm, (papery, often rigid, base obtuse or truncate, apical sinus broad, open and deep);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes spreading, loose;

replum oblong, often constricted, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

ellipsoid, not inflated (strongly latiseptate, more so at apex), (3–)5–9 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes closely appressed to surface;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 2.5–4.5 mm (never more than 1/2 fruit length).

flattened.

plump.

= 8, 16.