Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, 0.8–2(–2.5) dm.

ascending to erect, 1.5–4.5 dm, hairs 1 mm proximally, glands absent or sparse distally.

3–8 × 0.7–1.5 cm;

leaflets (5 or)6–12 per side, overlapping at least distally, cuneate to flabellate, 4–9(–10) mm, divided 1/2+ to midrib into 3–6 oblanceolate to obovate lobes (often medially notched more than 3/4 to midrib as well), silky villous.

± cylindric to weakly planar, 3–10 × 0.3–1.2 cm, densely sericeous, often villous on margins apically;

stipules usually entire or forked, rarely pinnately divided into linear lobes;

leaflets (8–)10–20 per side, ± overlapping, elliptic to flabellate, 2–8 × 1–4 mm, 1/2–2/3 as wide as long, divided ± 1/2+ to midrib into (0–)2–4 elliptic lobes 1–2 mm wide, these not restricted to apex.

2–3.

(2 or)3–5;

stipules 3–8 mm, entire or shallowly 1–2-toothed.

open, flowers arranged individually and/or in non-capitate glomerules.

2–8(–10) mm.

1–4 mm.

(2–)4–15(–20), 10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear, 2.5–4.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm, 2/3 to nearly equal to length of sepals;

hypanthium 1–2.5 × (2–)3–4(–5) mm, ± 1/2 as deep as wide, interior densely villous;

sepals spreading, narrowly lanceolate, 3.5–6 mm, silky hairs silky, 1–1.5 mm;

petals often pink-tinged, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–5 × 1 mm, apex ± acute to narrowly rounded, sometimes slightly mucronate;

filaments pinkish, 2 × 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose adaxially, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm;

carpels 8–17;

styles (1.5–)2–3 mm.

10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.5 mm, ± 2/3 length of sepals;

hypanthium 1–1.5 × 2–3 mm, ± 1/2 to as deep as wide, interior glabrous;

sepals spreading to reflexed, abaxially green to reddish or purplish, 2–4 mm;

petals white to pink or red-veined, narrowly obcordate, 3–4.5(–7) × 2–3 mm, apex ± emarginate;

filaments 0.5–1.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm;

carpels 2–6;

styles 1.5–2 mm.

dark brown, 2 mm.

brown, 2–2.5 mm, smooth.

= 28.