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, long-petiolate, the blades broadly cordate, up to 10 cm. broad, glabrous above and hairy beneath, palmately 3-5 lobes less than half their length, the segments broadly triangular to ovate-triangular, coarsely dentate.

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 drooping, 6- to 13-flowered, short racemes, shorter than the leaves;

pedicels up to 4 mm. long, jointed;

calyx glabrous, dark reddish-purple or greenish-white and purple-spotted;

calyx tube saucer-shaped, 1 mm. long, lined with a 5-lobed, reddish-purple disk, the 5 lobes broadly rhombic with a wedge-shaped base, 2 mm. long and broad, spreading;

petals 5, broadly wedge-shaped, 1 mm. long, reddish-purple;

stamens 5, equaling the petals, ovary inferior, smooth and glabrous.

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

Berry ovoid, less than 1 cm. long, bright red and smooth.