Flora of North America species comparison

(simple or several from base), prostrate, branched distally, (1–)2–5(–6) dm, (pubescent).

not rosulate;

blade margins pinnatifid.

sessile;

blade oblong to oblanceolate or broadly lanceolate (lateral lobes oblong to ovate), (2–)3–5 cm × 5–15 mm, base auriculate, margins pinnatifid to deeply sinuate or entire, (surfaces sparsely pubescent abaxially with vesicular trichomes along veins, glabrous adaxially).

(rarely absent), usually petiolate, sometimes sessile;

blade (simple or compound), base auriculate or not, margins entire or dentate to pinnately lobed.

absent or simple.

slightly elongated.

usually ebracteate (Selenia bracteate throughout), often elongated in fruit.

sepals erect, oblong, 2–2.5 × 0.8–1.3 mm;

petals pale yellow, spatulate, 2.5–3.5 × 0.8–1.3 mm;

median filaments 2.7–3 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong, 0.7–0.9 mm.

actinomorphic;

sepals erect to spreading or ascending, lateral pair seldom saccate basally;

petals white, yellow, pink, lilac, or purple, claw usually present, rarely absent, often distinct;

filaments unappendaged, not winged;

pollen 3-colpate.

ascending to horizontal, usually straight, rarely curved-ascending, 3–5(–6.5) mm, (sparsely pubescent).

siliques, curved, oblong to lanceolate, 6–10 × 2–3 mm;

valves glabrous or puberulent;

ovules 60–80 per ovary;

style 1–2(–2.5) mm.

silicles or siliques, dehiscent, unsegmented, terete, 4-angled, or latiseptate, rarely angustiseptate;

ovules 4–300[–numerous] per ovary;

style distinct or obsolete (absent in Subularia);

stigma usually entire.

biseriate, light brown, cordiform, 0.7–1.5 mm, colliculate.

biseriate or uniseriate;

cotyledons usually accumbent, sometimes incumbent.