Flora of North America species comparison

simple from base, spreading or erect, (unbranched), ca. 1 dm.

several from base, ± erect, exceeding basal rosette by ± 0.5 dm.

(petiole long, slender);

blade elliptic to obovate, 3–4 cm, (base narrowing to petiole), margins entire.

(forming a strong rosette; long-petiolate);

blade oblanceolate to ovate or orbicular, (1.5–)2–4(–8) cm, (base usually abruptly tapering to petiole), margins entire.

(shortly petiolate);

blade elliptic to obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.

blade oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margin entire, (apex acute).

dense.

congested, (greatly exceeding leaves).

sepals narrowly elliptic or oblong, ca. 4.5 mm, (median pair thickened apically, cucullate);

petals narrowly spatulate, 7–8 mm.

sepals often keeled, 6–8 mm;

petals spatulate, 8–10 mm.

(sigmoid), 5–8 mm.

(spreading, straight or slightly curved), 7–11 mm.

(erect, substipitate), globose, ellipsoid, or obovoid, not or slightly compressed, 3–4 mm;

valves sparsely pubescent, sometimes few trichomes inside;

ovules 10–12 per ovary;

style 3–5 mm.

didymous, highly inflated, 8–22 × 10–25 mm, (papery, basal and apical sinuses deep);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), densely pubescent, trichomes appressed;

replum linear to oblong, as wide as or wider than fruit;

ovules 8 per ovary;

style 7–9 mm.

flattened.

flattened.

= 16.