Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, decumbent to ascending, (unbranched), 0.5–1.5 dm.

several from base, decumbent to erect or ascending (unbranched), 1–2.5 dm.

(petiole slender);

blade obovate, 3–5 cm (width 10–20 mm, base tapering abruptly to petiole), margins entire, (apex rarely slightly acute).

(outer ones spreading, inner erect or ascending);

blade ovate, often broadly so, 4–7 cm, margins repand to lyrate-lobed.

blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire.

similar to basal, blade oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, reduced in size, (base gibbous).

subcorymbose.

loose, (elongated).

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 5.8–7.2 mm;

petals (erect, sometime purplish or drying purple), narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 7–10 mm, (not or weakly clawed).

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(ascending to divaricate-ascending, sigmoid to nearly straight), 10–17 mm.

didymous, mostly highly inflated (strongly flattened at least in 1/2 toward replum), 14–18 × 14–18 mm, (papery, basal sinus slightly notched, apical open, shallow);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), evenly pubescent;

replum lanceolate, 7–10 mm, width 1.5–2.5 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute to acuminate;

ovules 8–10 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

didymous, globose or subglobose, inflated, 10–13 mm, (papery, basal and apical sinuses deep);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes ascending, appearing fuzzy;

replum oblong to oblanceolate, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style (4–)5–7 mm.

flattened, (2–3 mm).

plump, (suborbicular).

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.