UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves alternate, petiolate, the blades 3-6 cm. broad, palmately 3- or 5-lobed much less than half their length, the lobes rounded, once or twice dentate with rounded teeth, soft-pubescent on both surfaces.

Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly reniform to deltoid-ovate, 2.5-6 cm. broad, the lower surface much paler and hairier than the upper, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes deltoid to rounded and finely denticulate.

Inflorescence of 6-12 flowered, erect to drooping racemes, pubescent and glandular, shorter than the leaves, the pedicels jointed, exceeding the bracts;

calyx greenish-yellow, yellowish-white or pinkish, the tube narrowly bell-shaped, 6-7 mm. long;

calyx lobes 5, oblong, pointed, spreading, about equal to the tube;

petals 5, broadly ovate, narrowed abruptly to a short, broad claw, 2.5-4 mm. long, cream or white;

stamens 5, equaling the petals;

styles 2, fused nearly to the stigmas;

ovary inferior, glabrous to glandular or pubescent.

Inflorescence of erect, 10- to 20-flowered racemes;

pedicels jointed;

calyx pale to deep rose, finely pubescent;

calyx tube 3-5 mm. long and nearly a broad, the 5 lobes oblong, equal to the tube, spreading;

petals 5, white to light rose, obovate-spatulate, entire, 2.5-3.5 mm. long;

stamens 5, equaling the petals, the filaments pinkish;

styles 2, glabrous, fused almost to the stigmas;

ovary inferior.

Berry ovoid, 10-12 mm. long, deep bluish-black.

Berry globose, 7-9 mm. long, glaucous-black.