Flora of North America species comparison

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

ascending to erect, 2–6 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.

6–25(–30) cm; sheathing base minutely glandular abaxially;

petiole 0.5–8(–10) cm;

leaflets 12–30 per side, obovate to broadly cuneate, 5–12(–15) mm, incised 1/3–1/2 to base into 3–5 oblong to ovate teeth, sometimes entire, sparsely short-strigose to -villous, sometimes glabrate.

1–3;

blade well developed.

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

(5–)8–60-flowered, 2–12 cm diam.

5–30 mm.

5–30(–35) 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.

9–12 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 1–2 mm;

hypanthium interior brick- to blood-red or golden, 0.5–1.5 × 3–5 mm;

sepals 3–4.5 mm, base brick- to blood-red adaxially, apex acute to acuminate;

petals brick- to blood-red, linear to oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 2–3.5 mm;

stamens 5, filaments 1.3–2 mm, anthers maroon, oblong, 0.6–0.9 mm;

carpels 1–5, styles 2–3 mm.

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

brown, 2–2.5 mm.

= 28.