Flora of North America species comparison

(several-branched from base), prostrate to decumbent, branched distally, 0.7–3.5(–4) dm.

suberect or decumbent to prostrate, branched distally, 1–3.2(–4.1) dm, (pilose to hirsute).

not rosulate;

blade margins pinnatifid.

absent.

shortly petiolate, or (distal) sessile;

blade oblong to oblanceolate or lanceolate, (lateral lobes linear, oblong to ovate, or obovate), 2–9(–11) cm × 7–20(–30) mm, (lateral lobes smaller than terminal), base not auriculate, margins pinnatifid, or (lateral lobes) entire, dentate, or sinuate.

shortly petiolate or sessile;

blade oblanceolate to oblong, (lateral lobes oblong to ovate, often reaching midrib), 2.4–5.2 cm × 5–12 mm, base auriculate or not, margins sinuate to pinnatifid or (lateral lobes) entire or dentate, (surfaces pilose).

elongated.

elongated.

sepals ascending, oblong, 0.7–1.3 × 0.4–0.7 mm;

petals yellow, oblong to oblanceolate or spatulate, 0.5–0.8 × 0.1–0.3 mm;

median filaments 0.8–1.2 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.1–0.2 mm.

sepals (persistent), ascending, oblong, 2–3.5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, (pilose);

petals yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate, 2.7–4.2 × 0.7–1.7 mm;

median filaments 2–3.5 mm;

anthers ovate, ca. 0.8 mm.

ascending to divaricate, (1–)1.5–3.2(–4.2) mm, straight.

ascending, (subappressed to rachis), straight, (3–)4–10(–12) mm, (densely pilose).

siliques or silicles, curved-ascending, lanceolate to narrowly ovoid or oblong-lanceolate, 3–7(–9) × (0.8–)1–1.7(–2) mm (often slightly constricted at middle);

valves papillate;

ovules 20–80 per ovary;

style (0.2–)0.5–1 mm.

silicles, straight, subglobose to oblong ellipsoid, (1.5–)2.5–5.5(–7) × (1–)1.7–2.8(–3.5) mm;

valves densely pilose;

ovules 24–40 per ovary;

style 0.7–3.2 mm, (pilose).

biseriate, reddish brown, cordiform, 0.5–0.7 mm, colliculate.

biseriate, yellowish brown, ovoid-globose, 0.7–0.9 mm, prominently colliculate.