Flora of North America species comparison

branched distally, (4–)6–16(–20) dm.

petiole 0.5–1.3(–1.5) cm, not ciliate;

blade spatulate or oblanceolate to obovate, 1.3–4(–7) cm × (4–)6–13(–18) mm, margins usually dentate to repand, rarely entire.

(erect, appressed to stem at least partly);

sessile;

blade linear to linear-lanceolate, (1.8–)1.3–4.5(–6) cm × (1–)1.7–7(–8) mm, (base auriculate or sagittate), margins entire.

dense, terminal not elongated in fruit, (flower buds narrowly oblong).

sepals erect, usually linear to linear-oblong, rarely oblong, 4–6(–7) × (0.8–)1–1.5 mm;

petals lavender to purple, spatulate to obovate or oblong, (6–)7–9.5(–12) × (1.2–)1.5–2(–3) mm, margins not crisped, claw differentiated from blade, [slender, 3–4.5(–5.5) mm, narrowest at base];

nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens;

filaments tetradynamous, median pairs (5–)5.5–7.5(–8.5) mm, lateral pair (4–)5–6.5(7.5) mm;

anthers exserted, linear to linear-oblong, 2–3(–4) mm, not circinately coiled;

gynophore 0.5–2.5(–6) mm.

usually horizontal to divaricate, rarely divaricate-ascending, straight, slender, (6–)7–14(–18) mm, often not flattened at base.

erect distally, slightly torulose, usually strongly incurved, (overtopping buds), rarely straight and divaricate-ascending, terete, (1.8–)2.8–5(–6.3) cm × 0.7–1 mm;

ovules 52–70 per ovary;

style cylindrical, (0.5–)0.8–1.5(–2) mm.

1–1.3(–1.5) × 0.5–0.6(–0.8) mm.

= 26.