Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, 0.3–1.2 dm.

pendent or prostrate to ascending, 0.3–1.5 dm.

weakly planar to loosely ± cylindric, (0.5–)2–4(–6) cm; sheathing base glandular abaxially, otherwise glabrous;

petiole 0.5–2 cm, hairs 0.2–1 mm;

leaflets 5–6 per side, 2–6 mm, ± short-hirsute, glandular-puberulent, lobes 2–7, oblanceolate to spatulate or obovate, apex not setose.

± 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.

1–3, not paired.

(1–)2;

blade well developed.

3–14-flowered, 1–2.5 cm diam.;

glomerules 1.

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

1.5–6 mm.

5–30 mm.

8–10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2.5–5 mm, longer than sepals;

hypanthium shallowly cupulate, 0.5–1 × 2–3 mm;

sepals 1.5–2.5 mm, ± acute;

petals pale yellow, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1.5–2.5 mm;

stamens 5, filaments 0.7–1.3 mm, anthers yellow, 0.5–0.8 mm;

carpels 6–11, styles 1–1.5 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.

cream to light tan, 1.2–1.5 mm.

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