Flora of North America species comparison

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

several from base, erect or outer usually decumbent toward base, (from below a terminal tuft of mostly erect leaves, unbranched), 1–2 dm.

(petiole slender);

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

blade ovate to elliptic, 2–4 cm, (base gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire, (surfaces densely pubescent with trichome layers).

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

(remote, proximal shortly petiolate);

blade spatulate to oblanceolate, similar to basal, (base often cuneate), margins entire.

subcorymbose.

elongated.

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals linear-oblong, 5–7 mm, (lateral pair subsaccate);

petals (erect), lingulate, 8–10 mm, (claw barely differentiated from blade).

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(recurved), 7–10 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.

(usually pendent, sessile), subglobose, slightly flattened (angustiseptate), 4–5 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes somewhat spreading;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style 4–5 mm.

flattened, (2–3 mm).

plump, (mucilaginous when wetted).

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.