Flora of North America species comparison

pendent or prostrate to ascending, 0.3–1.5 dm.

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

± loosely cylindric to weakly planar, 2–8(–10) cm; sheathing base not or sparsely strigose abaxially;

petiole 0.5–4 cm;

lateral leaflets (1–)4–6(–8) per side, ± overlapping at least distally, ± flabellate, 2–6(–7) mm, incised nearly to base into 3–6 oblanceolate to narrowly obovate lobes, apex not or scarcely setose, surfaces ± sparsely short-pilose, ± glandular;

terminal leaflets indistinct.

± 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.

(1–)2;

blade well developed.

(1–)2;

blade reduced.

(1–)3–15-flowered, open, (0.5–)1.5–4(–7) cm diam.

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

5–30 mm.

5–15 mm.

5–11 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets 5, lanceolate, 1–2 mm;

hypanthium patelliform, 1 × 2–4 mm;

sepals 2–3 mm, ± acute;

petals yellow, narrowly oblanceolate, 1.5–2 mm;

stamens 20, filaments 1–1.5(–1.8) mm, anthers yellow, subrotund, 0.2–0.3 mm;

carpels 3–8, styles 1.5–2 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.

tan to light brown, 1–2 mm, ± rugose, ± carunculate.

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