Flora of North America species comparison

branched, (rarely bearing bulbils in place of flowers), 25–85 cm.

simple, 8–35 cm.

in basal rosette and cauline, basal unlobed or 3–5-lobed, never deeply lobed, cauline (2–3+), alternate, often 3–4-lobed, much reduced, similar to basal, (rarely with axillary bulbils);

stipules small, not decurrent on petiole, (margins fimbriate);

petiole usually to 25 cm;

blade green, orbiculate, surfaces hairy.

in basal rosette and cauline, basal 3-lobed, (segments 3–4-lobed, round), cauline (2–4), 3-lobed or -foliolate, much reduced, similar to basal, (segments or leaflets simple or 1–3-lobed, often with axillary bulbils);

stipules large, not decurrent on petiole, (margins fimbriate);

petiole 1–4(–8) cm;

blade green, orbiculate, base cordate, surfaces nearly glabrous or sparingly hairy.

1–3, erect, 3–5(–25)-flowered racemes, 2(–3)-branched, (10–85 cm).

solitary flowers or erect, 2–5(–7)-flowered racemes, often appearing corymbose, rarely branched unless plant with bulbils, (8–20 cm, flowers sometimes replaced with bulbils).

equaling or shorter than hypanthium, (flowers long-pedicellate).

to 3–4 times length of hypanthium, (flowers long-pedicellate).

persistent, fragrant, horizontal;

hypanthium narrowly campanulate with obtuse base, usually not elongating in fruit, throat open, (length 2 times diam.);

sepals erect in bud, widely spreading after anthesis, triangular;

petals (completely exserted), widely spreading, white, ovate-elliptic, narrowly clawed, usually unlobed with serrations at base, sometimes 3–5-lobed, 4–7 mm, ultimate margins entire;

ovary to 1/2 inferior;

styles slightly exerted in fruit;

stigma papillae apical.

persistent, not fragrant, horizontal;

hypanthium narrowly campanulate with acute or hemispheric base, elongating slightly in fruit, throat open, (length 2 times diam.);

sepals erect in bud, widely spreading after anthesis, triangular;

petals (completely exserted), widely spreading, usually pink, rarely white, ovate, narrowly clawed, deeply and palmately 5-lobed, (without serrations at base, sinuses extending 4/5+ to base of lamina), 3.5–7 mm, ultimate margins entire;

ovary to 1/2 inferior;

styles slightly exserted in fruit;

stigma papillae apical.

0.3–5 mm, tuberculate (tubercles in 3–19 rows, spinelike).

0.5–0.6 mm, tuberculate (tubercles in 3–19 rows, blunt or spinelike).

= 14, 28, 35, 42.

= 14, 28.