Flora of North America species comparison

unbranched or branched distally, 3–10 dm.

(simple or few to several from base), branched distally, 1.5–10 dm, (pilose basally).

(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 cm;

blade oblanceolate, 5–15 cm × 10–20 mm, margins entire or dentate.

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 oblong, base auriculate to amplexicaul, margins entire.

lax.

slightly 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 erect, purple, 5–7 × 2–3 mm;

petals purple, suborbicular to broadly obovate, 14–17 × 5–9 mm, claw 4–7 mm;

median filament pairs 4–7 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm;

gynophore (slender), 3–6 mm.

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

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, often straight, 7–20 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.

erect to ascending, straight, torulose, 5–9 cm × 1–1.2 mm;

style cylindrical, (slender), 2–3 mm;

stigma 2-lobed.

1–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm.

ca. 1.5 × 0.9 mm.

= 20.