Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, (slender or stout), 1.5–6.5 dm.

(soon withered), early rosulate;

petiole 1–4 cm;

blade margins 2- or 3-pinnatisect, 4–15 cm;

lobes 8–16 on each side;

apical segment oblong to ovate, 1–10(–12) × 0.5–2(–3.5) mm, margins entire.

(and bracts) similar to basal, smaller distally (lobes fewer).

sepals (persistent), erect, oblong-lanceolate, 9–12(–15) × 2–3.5 mm, apex appendage well-developed, (1–)2–4 mm;

petals broadly obovate, 12–15(–20) × (5–)7–11 mm, apex rounded;

median filament pairs 4–6 mm, slightly dilated basally;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm;

gynophore usually obsolete, rarely to 2 mm.

some from basal rosette (straight or slightly recurved), (30–)50–100(–180) mm.

oblong, somewhat inflated, (0.8–)1–2(–2.5) cm × 5.5–7.5 mm, (fleshy green, thick, leathery), base and apex obtuse to subacute;

valves (covered with well-developed vesicles), not veined;

replum rounded;

septum complete;

ovules 16–44 per ovary;

style 2–5(–7) mm, not flattened basally.

4–5 mm diam.;

wing 1–1.5 mm.

= 24.