Flora of North America species comparison

branched distally, (3–)5–10 dm.

(simple or, often, several from base), branched distally, 1.5–5(–6) dm.

rosulate;

petiole 0.3–3 cm;

blade oblanceolate, (1.5–)2.5–14.5(–20) cm × 10–30(–42) mm, margins dentate to subpinnatifid.

rosulate;

petiole 0.5–2.3 cm;

blade broadly oblanceolate, (1.8–)2–3.5(–4) cm × 10–15 mm, margins entire or remotely denticulate.

sessile;

blade lanceolate to oblong, base auriculate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate.

sessile;

blade broadly ovate to oblong, (slightly smaller distally), base strongly auriculate to amplexicaul, margins entire.

lax or dense.

dense.

sepals erect, purple, 5–7.5 × 1.7–2.5 mm;

petals purple to lavender or white, spatulate, 10–14 × 1.2–1.7 mm, claw 4–6 mm;

median filament pairs 4–6 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm;

gynophore (slender), 3–6(–9.5) mm.

sepals ascending to spreading, purplish to greenish or white, 4.5–5.5 × 1.2–1.5 mm;

petals white, spatulate, 9–11 × 3–4 mm, (margins not crisped), claw 4–6 mm;

median filament pairs 4–6 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm;

gynophore (stout), 0.2–1.5 mm.

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, often upcurved, 6–9 mm.

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, straight or upcurved, (slender), 4–8.5(–10) mm.

ascending to divaricate or descending, straight or slightly recurved, torulose, 4.5–9 cm × 1.1–1.4 mm;

ovules 80–112 per ovary;

style cylindrical, (stout), 0.3–1 mm;

stigma 2-lobed.

erect to ascending, straight or slightly recurved, (distinctly tortuous), torulose, 2–4 cm × 1.2–1.5 mm;

ovules 30–42 per ovary;

style cylindrical, 1–3 mm;

stigma slightly 2-lobed.

1.2–1.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm.

1.2–1.7 × 0.6–0.9 mm.

= 22.