Flora of North America species comparison

branched distally, 1–8(–9.3) dm.

petiole 0.5–2 cm, ciliate;

blade often oblanceolate to spatulate, sometimes oblong or lanceolate, 2–10(–13.5) cm × 10–23(–40) mm, margins often lyrate to dentate, sometimes entire or repand.

(ascending);

sessile;

blade often lanceolate to linear, sometimes oblong, (0.8–)1–9.7(–14.5) cm × 2–10(–30) mm, (base usually amplexicaul to strongly sagittate, rarely auriculate), margins entire.

lax, elongated in fruit, (flower buds ovate to lanceolate).

sepals erect, linear or lanceolate, (3.5–)5–8.5(–11.5) × (0.7–)1–2(–2.5) mm;

petals lavender to purple, linear or oblanceolate to spatulate, (6–)9–16.5(–22) × 0.5–2.7(–3) mm, margins partially crisped, claw differentiated from blade, [slender, (2.5–)4–7(–11) mm, narrowest at base];

nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens;

filaments slightly tetradynamous, median pairs (3–)5.5–9(–12) mm, lateral pair (2.5–)4.5–8(–10) mm;

anthers slightly exserted to included, linear, (1.5–)2–4(–5.5) mm, not circinately coiled;

gynophore (stout), 0.5–1(–3.5) mm.

usually ascending, rarely divaricate-ascending, usually straight, rarely slightly incurved, stout, (2.5–)3.5–8(–14.5) mm, not flattened at base.

often ascending, sometimes erect or divaricate, slightly torulose, straight or slightly incurved (forming straight line with pedicel), terete, 1.5–6.5(–8.2) cm × 1–1.3(–2) mm;

ovules 22–40 per ovary;

style cylindrical or subclavate, (0.5–)1–2.7(–4.3) mm.

(1–)1.2–1.7(–2) × 0.5–0.7 mm.