Flora of North America species comparison

simple, 15–30 cm.

simple, 20–40 cm.

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.

in basal rosette and cauline, basal weakly 3-lobed, cauline (2), opposite, (1 pair), deeply 3-lobed, reduced, similar to basal;

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

petiole to 9 cm;

blade dark green or reddish green, reniform, (base ligulate), surfaces sparsely hairy.

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

solitary flowers or 1–3, (lax), nodding, 2–5(–8)-flowered racemes, simple, (10–40 cm).

shorter than hypanthium.

1.5–2 times longer than hypanthium.

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.

persistent, fragrant, vertical;

hypanthium turbinate, elongating in fruit, open at throat, (length 2 times diam.);

sepals erect, becoming wide-spreading after anthesis, triangular;

petals (exserted), widely spreading, white, ovate, narrowly clawed, unlobed, (bowl-shaped), 4–8 mm, ultimate margins entire;

ovary 1/2 inferior;

styles included in fruit;

stigma papillae apical.

0.6–0.7 mm, smooth or wrinkled.

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

= 14, 35.

= 14 + 1.