Flora of North America species comparison

usually pendent or prostrate to ascending, sometimes nearly erect, 0.2–1.5 dm.

prostrate to decumbent, 0.2–0.6(–1) dm.

± loosely cylindric to weakly planar, 1–7 cm; sheathing base sparsely strigose abaxially;

petiole 0.3–3 cm;

lateral leaflets (1–)5–8 per side, slightly overlapping, elliptic to flabellate, 2–6(–7) mm, incised nearly to base into (0–)2–4 oblanceolate to elliptic lobes, apex sometimes ± setose, surfaces loosely long-strigose, sparsely glandular;

terminal leaflets indistinct.

tightly cylindric, 1–4(–5) cm; sheathing base mostly not strigose abaxially;

petiole 0.3–2 cm, hairs 0.5–1 mm;

lateral leaflets 5–10(–12) per side, ± overlapping, ± flabellate, 1–2.5 mm, incised to base or nearly so into 3–5 obovate to oval lobes, apex sometimes ± setose, surfaces loosely long-strigose, sparsely glandular;

terminal leaflets indistinct.

(1–)2;

blade reduced.

1(–2);

blade vestigial.

1–10(–15)-flowered, open, (0.5–)2–5 cm diam.

1–10-flowered, ± congested, 0.5–1.5 cm diam.

5–15 mm.

3–7(–10) mm.

7–10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets 5, narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm;

hypanthium patelliform, 0.5–1 × 2–3 mm;

sepals 2–3.5 mm, acute;

petals white, obovate, 2–3.5 mm;

stamens 20, filaments 1.5–3 mm, anthers maroon, subrotund, 0.2–0.3 mm;

carpels 4–8, styles 1.5–1.8 mm.

6–9 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets 5, lanceolate to narrowly oblong or narrowly ovate, 0.8–1.3 mm;

hypanthium shallowly cupulate, ± 1 × 2–3(–4) mm;

sepals 1.5–2.3 mm, ± acute;

petals yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate, 2–3.2 mm;

stamens 5, filaments 0.9–1.2 mm, anthers yellow, oblong, 0.7–0.9 mm;

carpels 6–10, styles 1–1.5 mm.

greenish white to light tan, 1.5 mm, smooth to lightly rugose, ± carunculate.

greenish cream to light brown, 1.4–1.8(–2) mm, smooth, not carunculate.