Flora of North America species comparison

appressed-hairy throughout (hairs becoming looser and ± ascending distally).

appressed- to ascending-hairy.

stipules translucent to pale green, appearing brownish upon drying;

petiole thickly, usually densely appressed-hairy throughout, rarely glabrous or sparsely hairy (on spring leaves);

blade reniform to orbiculate, 7–9-lobed, margins undulate, basal sinuses narrow, middle lobes equal to longer than their half-widths;

incisions absent;

teeth: sometimes proximal sides at least slightly connivent, slightly concave near apex, slightly asymmetric, apex subobtuse to acute, abaxial surface with nerves hairy throughout, internerve regions ± hairy throughout, adaxial light to grass green, sometimes glaucous, margins and folds usually turning reddish orange, sparsely to densely appressed-hairy throughout or only on folds.

stipules translucent, quickly turning brownish;

blade ± orbiculate, palmately compound, leaflets 5–7, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, apices with 7–11 teeth, margins flat, abaxial surface sericeous, adaxial shiny, glabrous.

primary branches densely appressed- to ascending-hairy;

peduncles appressed- to ascending-hairy or glabrous.

primary branches densely appressed-hairy.

mostly glabrous or some of the proximal hairy.

usually shorter than hypanthia, densely appressed-hairy.

epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5 times to almost equal to sepals (narrower);

hypanthium glabrous or sparsely appressed-hairy (on proximalmost flowers).

epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5 or less times sepals;

hypanthium densely pubescent;

sepals erect after flowering.

not exserted.

not exserted.