Flora of North America species comparison

few to several, (1–)2–6(–7.5) dm, densely pubescent.

ascending to decumbent, unbranched or branched distally.

basal and cauline; petiolate or sessile;

basal rosulate, petiolate, blade margins usually sinuately lobed to dentate, rarely repand;

cauline petiolate or sessile, blade similar to basal.

petiole (0.7–)1.5–5(–7) cm;

blade obovate to spatulate or broadly oblong, (1–)2–8(–10) cm × (5–)10–40(–60) mm, base cuneate to truncate, apex acute to subobtuse, surfaces densely pubescent.

shortly petiolate or (distalmost) sessile;

blade similar to basal, 1–5.5(–6.5) cm × 5–25(–40) mm (smaller distally).

0.5–4 cm.

(corymbose, several-flowered), slightly or considerably elongated in fruit.

sepals (4–)5–8 × 1.5–2 mm;

petals (7–)8–11(–13) × (5–)6–9 mm, claw to 2 mm;

filaments 4–6 mm;

anthers 2.5–4 mm, (base strongly sagittate).

sepals spreading, narrowly oblong, (equal), lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals white to violet [purple], broadly obovate, (much longer than sepals), claw differentiated from blade, (much shorter, apex rounded);

stamens tetradynamous;

filaments not dilated basally, (somewhat spreading);

anthers linear [narrowly oblong];

nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens.

usually straight or upcurved, rarely slightly sigmoid, (4–)5–15(–20) mm.

divaricate or divaricate-ascending, slender.

(0.7–)0.8–1.2(–1.5) cm × 5–8(–9) mm, apex deeply notched;

valves densely pubescent;

style 2–5 mm.

silicles, sessile, broadly oblong [broadly elliptic], smooth, angustiseptate;

valves carinate;

replum rounded;

septum complete;

ovules 10–50 per ovary;

style distinct;

stigma broadly capitate, entire.

1.5–2 × 1.2–1.7 mm.

± biseriate, flattened, not winged, narrowly margined, broadly ovate;

seed coat (nearly smooth), copiously mucilaginous when wetted;

cotyledons accumbent.

= 10.

= 20.