Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, usually unbranched, rarely branched (few) proximally, 1.5–4.5 dm, (sparsely pubescent).

(withered by flowering), similar to cauline.

petiole 1.5–3 cm;

blade (fleshy), lanceolate to ovate in outline, 4–7.5(–9.5) cm (smaller distally), margins (proximalmost) often 2-pinnatifid, or (distal) pinnatifid or pinnatisect, (surfaces sparsely pubescent, trichomes crisped).

dense.

sepals linear, 6.5–10 mm, glabrous;

petals yellow-orange, oblong or narrowly so, 5–12 × 0.8–2 mm, claw (nearly linear), 5–7 mm, distinctly wider at base, pubescent inside;

filaments 10–15 mm, glabrous;

anthers 3–4 mm;

gynophore 4–11 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent.

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, 5–10 mm, (sparsely pubescent).

divaricate, tortuous, (torulose), terete, 2.5–4.6 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

ovules 24–34 per ovary;

style 0.02–0.4 mm.

oblong, 2.2–2.6 × 0.9–1.2 mm.

= 28.