Flora of North America species comparison

pendent or prostrate to ascending, (0.2–)0.5–1.6(–3) dm.

decumbent to ascending, 1–3.5 dm.

planar, 2–15(–20) cm; sheathing base usually not strigose abaxially;

petiole 3–10 cm;

lateral leaflets (2–)3–4(–5) per side, separate, broadly ovate or obovate to orbiculate, (2–)5–15(–18) mm, incised 1/4–3/4 to base into (3–)7–11 ± ovate teeth, apex not setose, surfaces ± sparsely short-pilose, ± glandular;

terminal leaflets ± distinct.

(3–)5–15(–18) cm; sheathing base glabrous or sparsely strigose abaxially;

stipules ± lanceolate, 2.5–5 mm;

petiole (0.3–)0.5–6(–8) cm, hairs sparse to abundant, appressed-ascending, 1–2 mm;

leaflets 15–20 per side, loosely overlapping, 2–10 mm, lobes 2–5, oblanceolate, hairs sparse to abundant, spreading to ascending, 1–2 mm.

1–3;

blade well developed.

3–4.

(1–)5–30(–150)-flowered, open, 0.5–14 cm diam.

5–20(–40)-flowered, (1–)1.5–2.5(–4) cm diam., flowers arranged in 1–few ± tight glomerules of 10–15 flowers.

5–30 mm.

1–4 mm.

6–12 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets 0(–3), lanceolate, 0.9–1.8 mm;

hypanthium turbinate or campanulate, 1.5–3(–5) × 1–3(–4) mm;

sepals 2–4(–5) mm, acute;

petals yellow or white, oblanceolate to elliptic or obovate, (1.6–)2–4 mm;

stamens 5, filaments 0.8–1.3 mm, anthers ± yellow, oblong to narrowly ovate, 0.6–1.5 mm;

carpels (2–)6–10(–13), atop a stipelike torus, styles 0.9–1.8 mm.

7–10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear to oblong, 1–2(–2.5) mm;

hypanthium campanulate, 1–2 × 2.5–4 mm, ± 1/2 as deep as wide;

sepals green, 2–3(–3.5) mm, acute;

petals 4(–5), light yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate or narrowly obovate, 3–4 mm;

stamens 12–16 (4-merous flowers) or 16–20 (5-merous flowers), filaments filiform, 0.6–1.1 mm, anthers yellowish, 0.3–0.5 mm;

carpels 4–20, styles 1.4–2 mm.

greenish white to light tan, 1.2–2 mm, faintly rugose, ± carunculate.

light brown, 1–1.5 mm.