Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, erect or outer decumbent, (unbranched), to 2 dm.

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

blade elliptic to lanceolate or obovate, 3–8 cm, 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.

(proximal shortly petiolate or sessile, distal sessile);

blade elliptic or obovate, to 2 cm, margins entire.

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

dense.

congested, (greatly exceeding leaves).

sepals narrowly elliptic or oblong, 4.5–5.3 mm, (tapering to the somewhat thickened, cucullate apex, lateral pair subsaccate);

petals (bright yellow), lingulate or broadly obovate, 7.5–8.5 mm, (narrowing to broad claw, joining in an arch, margins lacerate).

sepals often keeled, 6–8 mm;

petals spatulate, 8–10 mm.

(divaricate-ascending to horizontal, straight to loosely curved), to 15 mm.

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

(sessile or substipitate), suborbicular to broadly ovate or ellipsoid, slightly compressed, 6–8 mm;

valves pubescent;

ovules 12–22 per ovary;

style 2–3 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.

= 10.

= 16.