Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 0.4–1.2 cm;

blades of proximal leaves orbiculate to suborbiculate, 0.5 × 0.4 cm, distal ovate to narrowly ovate, unlobed, 0.5–2.1(–3) × 0.4–1.8(–2) cm, base rounded or obscurely subcordate, margins serrate, stellate-hairy (not ciliate), apex acute to rounded, 3(–5)-veined from base, surfaces minutely, densely stellate-hairy.

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.

to 4 mm.

2–4(–7) mm.

sepals caducous, not reflexed at anthesis, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–3.2 mm, densely stellate-pubescent abaxially;

petal claws 4 mm, lamina reniform-deltate, 1.4–1.6 × 1.5 mm, base lobed, lobes ± rectangular, margins entire, apex with 2 widely spaced teeth, surfaces glabrous, abaxial appendage absent;

androgynophore 0.5–1 mm;

stamen filaments present;

stigmas scarcely exserted.

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.

subspheric, 4–5 × 4–5 mm, puberulent to densely stellate-pubescent, prickles 0.5 mm.

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

3 mm, tuberculate.

2–3 mm, tuberculate.

axillary, borne on short shoots (brachyblasts), 1- or 2-flowered;

peduncle to 4 mm.

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

peduncle 2–4(–7) mm.