Flora of North America species comparison

unbranched or branched distally, 3–10 dm.

branched basally and distally, 1.5–8.5(–12) dm, (sparsely to densely pilose basally or throughout, trichomes crisped).

(soon withered);

not rosulate;

blade oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3–6 cm × 5–15 mm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate.

(soon withered); rosulate;

petiole 0.5–2.5(–5) cm;

blade oblanceolate, 1–5.8 cm × 5–22 mm, margins entire or dentate, (surfaces glabrous or pilose abaxially).

sessile;

blade (proximalmost) oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, or (distal) linear to narrowly oblong or lanceolate, base auriculate, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate.

sessile;

blade ovate to oblong, base auriculate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, (surfaces glabrous or pilose abaxially).

lax.

dense.

sepals spreading, whitish or purplish, 1.8–2.5 × 0.7–1 mm;

petals white, obovate to spatulate, 2.5–4.5 × 1.7–2.5 mm, claw 1–1.5 mm;

median filament pairs 1.7–2.5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.5–0.8 mm;

gynophore 0.2–0.4 mm.

sepals usually erect to ascending, rarely spreading, purplish to lavender or whitish, 4–7 × 1.2–2 mm;

petals pale purple to white, spatulate, 7.5–14 × 3–5 mm, (margins not crisped), claw 4–8 mm;

median filament pairs 4–8 mm;

anthers linear, 2.5–4 mm;

gynophore (stout), 0.3–1.5 mm.

horizontal to divaricate, straight or slightly recurved, (slender), 7–15 mm.

divaricate, straight or slightly upcurved, (3.5–)5–16 mm, (glabrous or sparsely pilose).

erect to ascending, straight or curved, strongly torulose, 1.5–2.5 cm × 1–1.2 mm;

ovules 20–32 per ovary;

style cylindrical, 0.5–0.8 mm;

stigma obscurely 2-lobed.

divaricate-ascending to spreading, straight or curved, torulose, 4–8(–9) cm × 1.2–1.5 mm; (valves glabrous or pilose);

ovules 46–94 per ovary;

style often clavate, 1–3 mm;

stigma strongly 2-lobed.

1–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm.

1.2–1.5 × 0.8–1 mm.

= 20.