Flora of North America species comparison

branched distally, (6.5–)9.5–22.5(–28) dm.

branched distally, (4–)6–16(–20) dm.

(and proximal cauline): petiole (2–)4.5–8.5(–13.7) cm;

blade often lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate in outline (lateral lobes oblong to linear or deltate), (6.5–)9.5–22.5(–28) cm × 28–55(–75) mm, margins pinnately lobed or lyrate (lobes entire or denticulate).

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.

petiolate;

blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3.5–8.5(–13.5) cm × 7–14(–23) mm, margins usually entire or dentate, rarely lobed.

(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.

somewhat lax, considerably elongated in fruit.

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

sepals spreading or ascending oblong to linear, (3–)4–6(–7) × (0.8–)1–1.3(–1.5) mm;

petals usually white, rarely lavender, linear or oblong, 4–7.5(–9) × 1–1.8(–2) mm, margins not crisped, claw not differentiated from blade (base sometimes clawlike, to 2 mm, widest at base);

nectar glands confluent;

filaments equal, (3–)3.5–6.5(–8.5) mm;

anthers (1–)1.5–2.5(–3) mm, circinately coiled;

gynophore 0.2–2(–5) mm.

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.

horizontal to divaricate, sometimes reflexed, straight or curved, sometimes secund, slender, (5–)7–13(–17) mm, slightly flattened at base.

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

horizontal or reflexed, torulose, straight to somewhat curved, flattened, (2.5–)3.8–7.4(–9) cm × 1–1.2(–1.5) mm, (replum not constricted between seeds);

ovules 76–128 per ovary;

style usually clavate to subclavate, rarely cylindrical, (0.5–)0.8–2(–3) mm.

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.

0.7–1.3(–1.5) × 0.5–0.8 mm.

1–1.3(–1.5) × 0.5–0.6(–0.8) mm.

= 26.