Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched distally, 2.5–7.5(–11) dm, usually sparsely to densely hirsute, (trichomes retrorse), rarely glabrate distally.

often erect, sometimes ascending, rarely subprostrate or decumbent, often branched distally, sometimes unbranched.

basal and cauline; petiolate or sessile;

basal rosulate or not, petiolate, blade margins dentate, sinuate, lyrate, runcinate, or pinnately lobed [entire];

cauline similar to basal, (blade smaller distally).

usually rosulate;

petiole (1–)2–7(–10) cm;

blade broadly oblanceolate or oblong-obovate (in outline), (2–)3–10(–15) cm × (10–)20–50(–80) mm, margins lyrate-pinnatifid, pinnatisect, or runcinate;

lobes (2)3 or 4(5) on each side, oblong or lanceolate, smaller than terminal lobe, margins entire, dentate, or lobed, (terminal lobe suborbicular or deltate, margins dentate).

similar to basal;

blade with lobe margins dentate or subentire.

(several-flowered), often considerably elongated in fruit.

sepals erect, oblong-ovate, 2–2.5 × ca. 1 mm;

petals spatulate, 2.5–4 × 1–2 mm, claw 1–2 mm;

filaments (erect, yellowish), 2–3 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm.

sepals ovate or oblong, (glabrous or pubescent);

petals yellow, obovate, spatulate, oblong, or suborbicular, (longer than sepals), claw differentiated from blade, (subequaling or longer than sepals, apex obtuse or emarginate);

stamens tetradynamous;

filaments not dilated basally;

anthers oblong, (apex obtuse);

nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens, median glands present.

erect, (appressed to rachis), stout, narrower than fruit, 1.5–3(–4) mm.

ascending, divaricate, or erect, slender or stout (sometimes as wide as fruit).

(erect), subulate-linear, straight, slightly torulose or smooth, stout, (0.7–)1–1.4(–1.8) cm × 1–1.5 mm;

valves glabrous or pubescent;

ovules 10–20 per ovary;

style (0.8–)1–1.5(–2) mm;

stigma slightly 2-lobed.

usually sessile, rarely shortly stipitate (gynophore to 1 mm), usually linear, rarely lanceolate or subulate, smooth or torulose;

valves each with prominent midvein and 2 conspicuous marginal veins, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent;

replum rounded;

septum complete;

style subclavate [clavate, conical, cylindrical];

stigma capitate (lobes not decurrent).

1–1.3 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

plump, not winged, oblong [ovoid];

seed coat (reticulate or papillate), not mucilaginous when wetted;

cotyledons incumbent.

= 7.

= 14.