Flora of North America species comparison

simple or few from base, decumbent to ascending, (arising laterally from a tight hemispherical tuft of leaves), to 0.15 dm.

few from base, well-exserted from basal leaves, 0.4–1(–1.2) dm.

similar to cauline, (erect, surfaces silvery).

blade (erect), obovate to orbicular, 1.5–2.5 cm, (base evidently distinct from petiole), margins entire, (folded).

(ascending, subsessile);

blade linear-oblanceolate, (0.6–)0.8–1.3(–1.5) cm, margins entire, (apex acute to narrowly obtuse).

blade spatulate, margins entire.

strongly congested, (often sessile or nearly so, lateral to leaves).

compact, subumbellate.

sepals (loosely erect), narrowly oblong, 3–4 mm;

petals spatulate, 5–6 mm.

sepals (pale yellow), 4–5 mm;

petals lingulate, 6–7 mm.

(erect or ascending, straight to slightly curved), 3–6 mm.

(ascending, curved to slightly sigmoid), 5–8 mm.

ovate, compressed (latiseptate) on margins and apically, 4–5 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes densely appressed;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 1–1.5 mm.

ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly inflated, (apex not compressed), 3–4 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes erect on mature fruits, (± appearing fuzzy);

ovules 8 per ovary;

style 4–5 mm, (glabrous).

plump.

plump.