Flora of North America species comparison

branched often proximally and distally, (2–)3–8(–12.5) dm, (glabrous or pubescent).

petiole (1–)2–8(–14) cm, ciliate;

blade usually oblanceolate to ovate, rarely oblong, (2–)6.5–20(–29) cm × 10–42(–50) mm, margins entire, (surfaces glabrous or pubescent).

(ascending);

sessile;

blade lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, (0.8–)1.6–8.5(–14) cm × 2–13(–28) mm, (base amplexicaul to sagittate), margins entire, (surfaces glabrous or pubescent).

sometimes corymbose, lax or dense, elongated or not in fruit, (flower buds ovate to lanceolate).

sepals erect, ovate to oblong, (2.5–)3–6(–10) × (1–)1.5–2(–2.5) mm;

petals white or lavender to purple, oblanceolate to spatulate or linear, (5–)7–14(–19) × (0.5–)1–3(–4) mm, margins slightly crisped between blade and claw, claw differentiated from blade, [slender, (2–)3–6.5(–10) mm, narrowest at base];

nectar glands confluent and subtending bases of stamens, sometimes only lateral;

filaments tetradynamous, median pairs 3–5.5(–8) mm, lateral pair (2–)2.5–4.5(–7) mm;

anthers included or partially exserted, oblong, (1.5–)2–3.2(–5) mm, not circinately coiled;

gynophore (stout), 0.5–1(–2) mm.

horizontal to divaricate, often curved upward, stout or slender, (2.5–)3.5–11(–20) mm, not flattened at base.

erect, torulose, straight or slightly incurved (forming arc with pedicel), usually terete, rarely 4-angled, 1–5.3(–6.9) cm × (0.5–)0.8–1(–1.2) mm;

ovules 20–62per ovary;

style cylindrical, 0.5–1.5(–3.3) mm.

(flattened), (0.7–)1–1.3(–1.5) × 0.5–0.7(–1) mm.