Flora of North America species comparison

pendent or prostrate to ascending, (0.5–)1–2 dm.

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

planar, (2–)5–15 cm; sheathing base not strigose abaxially;

petiole 1–5 cm;

lateral leaflets (1–)2–3(–4) per side, separate, obovate to orbiculate, 5–20 mm, incised 1/4–1/2 to base into 5–9 broadly ovate teeth, apex not setose, surfaces short-pilose, ± glandular;

terminal leaflets distinct.

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.

(0–)2;

blade well developed.

1(–2);

blade vestigial.

(1–)3–20(–35)-flowered, open, (0.5–)1.5–4(–6) cm diam.

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

5–20(–30) mm.

3–7(–10) mm.

7–10 cm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets 0;

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

sepals 2–4 mm, broadly acute;

petals yellow, narrowly oblanceolate, 2–3 mm;

stamens 5–10, filaments 0.6–1.2(–1.5) mm, anthers yellow, oblong, 0.8–1 mm;

carpels 4–10, styles 1.5–2 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, 1.5–2 mm, faintly rugose, ± carunculate.

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