Flora of North America species comparison

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

simple, 15–30 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 unlobed, irregularly 3–5-lobed, or digitately lobed, sometimes almost pinnatifid, cauline (2), deeply 3-lobed, appearing pinnatifid, much reduced, more highly dissected than basal;

stipules broad, decurrent on petiole base, (margins fimbriate);

petiole to 8 cm;

blade light green, orbiculate, (base hastate), surfaces sparsely hairy.

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

1–5, (compact), erect, 3–12-flowered racemes, simple, (10–12 cm).

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

shorter than hypanthium.

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, slightly pendulous;

hypanthium campanulate or hemispheric, becoming elongate-campanulate in fruit, open at throat;

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

petals (exserted), widely spreading, pink, sometimes white, ovate, narrowly clawed, palmately 5–7-lobed, (sinuses extending 1/3–1/2 distance to base), 3–7 mm, ultimate margins entire;

ovary to 1/2 inferior;

styles exserted slightly in fruit;

stigma papillae in narrow subapical band.

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

0.6–0.7 mm, smooth or wrinkled.

= 14, 28, 35, 42.

= 14, 35.