Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate-decumbent to ascending, 0.5–2(–3) dm.

prostrate to ascending, 0.5–1.5(–2) dm.

6–12(–15) cm; sheathing base weakly strigose abaxially;

stipules absent;

petiole (1–)1.5–2.5(–3) cm, hairs abundant, ascending to spreading, 1–4 mm;

leaflets 15–25 per side, loosely overlapping, (1.5–)2–7 mm, lobes 0–4(–6), lanceolate or oblanceolate to elliptic, hairs abundant, spreading to ascending, 1–3 mm.

± tightly cylindric, 2–7(–9) cm; sheathing base glabrous abaxially;

petiole 0.5–2 cm, hairs 0.5–1 mm;

leaflets 15–20 per side, 2–4 mm, glabrate or sparsely short-hirsute, sparsely to densely glandular, lobes (2–)3–8, narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, apex not setose.

2–5.

(0–)1, not paired.

(7–)15–50-flowered, 2–8 cm diam., flowers arranged individually and/or in several to many loose few-flowered glomerules.

(5–)10–30-flowered, 1–2.5(–5) cm diam.;

glomerules 1–few.

(3–)6–15(–22) mm.

1–7 mm.

8–13 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets lanceolate to elliptic, 2–3 mm;

hypanthium patelliform to shallowly cupulate, 1.5–2.5 × 3–4.5 mm, ± 1/2 as deep as wide;

sepals often purple-suffused, 2.3–4(–5) mm, acute;

petals white, broadly spatulate or obovate to orbiculate, (2.8–)3–5(–6) mm;

stamens 20, filaments filiform, (1–)1.5–3 mm, anthers light pink, 0.3–0.5 mm;

carpels 8–20, styles 2.2–3 mm.

7–9 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets narrowly oblong to oval, 0.8–2 mm;

hypanthium shallowly cupulate, (1–)1.5–2 × 2.5–3.5 mm;

sepals (1.8–)2–3 mm, acute;

petals white, sometimes pink-tinged, oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.8–3 mm;

stamens 5, filaments 1.3–1.8 mm, anthers orangish to reddish brown, 0.4–0.6 mm;

carpels (1–)2–4, styles 1.5–2 mm.

light brown, 1.2–1.3 mm.

yellowish green to light tan or gray-brown, 1.7–1.9 mm.