Flora of North America species comparison

2–6-flowered;

bracts caducous.

6–15 mm.

monosymmetric;

calyx persistent into developing fruit, pale green;

corolla yellow, longest petal 8.5–10 mm;

androecium not heterantherous, stamens 7, staminodes 3;

anthers 2.3–3.7 mm, dehiscing by 1 apical pore, apical appendage 0;

gynoecium nearly linear, ovules 16–26;

ovary densely hairy;

style linear.

erect, flat, straight, 20–40 × 5.5–7.5 mm, corrugated over seeds, dehiscing apically downward, with 1 series of seeds.

dull pinkish or grayish brown, pyriform.

pendula is often confused with close relative S. bicapsularis, which is absent from North America and has shorter pedicels, only to 5 mm (H.

. Irwin and R.

.

1982;

B.

et al.

).

= 28.