Flora of North America species comparison

densely ascending-spreading-hairy, sometimes sericeous.

± appressed-hairy.

stipules translucent, colorless, sometimes flushed pale wine red proximally, green distally, lobes green;

blade orbiculate, rather shallowly 7–9-lobed, margins flat or slightly undulate, basal sinuses closed, middle lobes rounded, as long as to slightly longer than their half-widths;

incisions usually absent or relatively short, sometimes relatively long;

teeth slightly connivent, slightly asymmetric, apex subacute or almost digitate, surfaces densely hairy.

stipules green or slightly purplish tinged, turning brown;

blade orbiculate, 7–9-lobed, margins undulate, basal sinuses appearing closed, basal lobes overlapping, middle lobes rounded, as long as or longer than their half-widths;

incisions relatively short to long;

teeth ± connivent, slightly asymmetric, apex acute, abaxial surface with nerves hairy throughout, internerve regions glabrous or densely hairy throughout, adaxial glabrous or hairy only on folds.

primary branches sericeous;

peduncles sericeous.

primary branches densely hairy;

peduncles hairy or glabrous.

sericeous.

glabrous.

epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5 times as sepals (narrower);

hypanthium sericeous.

epicalyx bractlet lengths equal to slightly longer than sepals (usually almost as wide);

epicalyx segments and sepals patent after flowering, giving appearance of an 8-point star;

hypanthium usually shorter than sepals, glabrous.

not or exserted to 1/20 from discs.

exserted from discs (distinctly longer than hypanthia).