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.

several from base, decumbent, (unbranched, slender), 0.5–1 dm.

similar to cauline, (erect, surfaces silvery).

(strongly rosulate);

blade usually oblanceolate or broader, sometimes triangular, 2–3.5 cm (width 5–10 mm), margins entire or with 1 or 2 broad teeth, (apex acute).

(ascending, subsessile);

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

blade oblanceolate, 1–1.5 cm (width 2–4 mm), margins entire, (apex acute).

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

congested, (elongated moderately in fruit).

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

petals spatulate, 5–6 mm.

sepals linear, 5–7 mm;

petals spatulate, 8–10 mm, (apex often somewhat truncate).

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

(spreading, straight or somewhat 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.

(erect), didymous, suborbicular, inflated, 2–5(–8) × 4–8(–10)mm, (coriaceous, base slightly cordate or nearly obtuse, sinus obsolete or absent, apical sinus broad and deep);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes appressed, (silvery on ovaries and immature fruit);

replum obovate to oblong, as wide as or wider than fruit, rarely somewhat constricted basally, apex obtuse;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

plump.

slightly flattened.

= 8.