Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 0.4–1(–1.5) cm;

blades of proximal leaves ovate to orbiculate, 0.5–2(–3.2) × 0.2–1(–1.5) cm, distal oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or linear, unlobed, 1–4.3(–7) × 0.2–1(–1.5) cm, base rounded to truncate, margins serrate to doubly serrate or dentate, sometimes ciliate, apex subacute, 3(–5)-veined from base, surfaces usually stellate-puberulent, sometimes glabrescent.

blades usually unlobed, rarely lobed (Hermannia), margins serrate, dentate, or entire.

axillary, terminal, or leaf-opposed, usually antisepalous or absent (Hermannia and Waltheria);

gynoecium syncarpous.

2–4(–7) mm.

sepals persistent, not reflexed at anthesis, ovate-lanceolate, 1–3 mm, stellate-hairy abaxially;

petal claws 2–2.5(–6) mm, lamina subtriangular or rhombic, 1–2.5 × 1–2 mm, base ± attenuate on claw, margins entire, apex notched, surfaces hairy abaxially, hairs simple, multicellular, abaxial appendage filiform to slightly clavate, 0.7 mm;

androgynophore 2–3 mm;

stamen filaments present;

stigmas slightly exserted.

capsules or schizocarps, dehiscence loculicidal or septicidal.

oblate, 2–4 × 5 mm, densely stellate-hairy, prickles 0.5–1 mm.

2–3 mm, tuberculate.

(1–)5–10, usually glabrous.

axillary, not borne on short shoots (brachyblasts), 1–3(–11)-flowered;

peduncle 2–4(–7) mm.