Flora of North America species comparison

branched distally, (1.5–)3–14(–23.5) dm, (glabrous throughout or sparsely to densely hirsute proximally).

branched distally, 1–8(–9.3) dm.

(and proximal cauline): petiole (1–)1.7–8(–11) cm, pubescent or glabrous;

blade oblanceolate in outline (lateral lobes usually oblong to linear, rarely deltate), (4–)7.2–20.5(–30) cm × (6–)10–40(–100) mm, margins pinnately lobed or lyrate (lobes entire or dentate).

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.

petiolate;

blade usually lanceolate to linear, sometimes oblanceolate to oblong, 1.5–7(–10) cm × 3–12(–20) mm, margins usually entire or repand, rarely lobed.

(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.

corymbose, somewhat lax, considerably elongated in fruit.

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

sepals (equal), ascending, oblong, (2.5–)3–5(–5.5) × 1–1.7(–3) mm, (lateral pair not saccate);

petals usually white, rarely lavender, usually spatulate, rarely obovate, 5–7.5(–9.5) × 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm, margins not crisped, claw obscurely differentiated from blade (widest at base);

nectar glands continuous, flat, subtending bases of stamens;

filaments tetradynamous, median pairs 3–4.5(–5.5) mm, lateral pair 2.5–3.5(–4.5) mm;

anthers included, oblong, (1–)1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm, not circinately coiled;

gynophore 0.5–0.8(–1.5) mm.

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.

often divaricate, sometimes reflexed, rarely horizontal or divaricate-ascending, straight, slender, (4–)5–13(–19) mm, somewhat flattened at base.

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

divaricate to reflexed, submoniliform to strongly torulose, straight or curved, terete, (2–)3–6.6(–7.4) cm × 0.7–1(–1.5) mm, (replum constricted between seeds);

ovules 26–62 per ovary;

style usually clavate to subclavate, rarely cylindrical, (0.5–)0.8–2(–5) mm.

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.

(oblong), (1–)1.3–1.8(–2) × 0.5–1 mm.

(1–)1.2–1.7(–2) × 0.5–0.7 mm.