Flora of North America species comparison

simple, 20–50 cm.

simple, 15–30 cm.

in basal rosette and cauline, basal digitately 3-lobed, segments again lobed, cauline (2–3), 3-foliolate or deeply lobed, reduced, similar to basal (except lobes longer);

stipules large, decurrent on petiole base;

petiole to 11 cm;

blade dark green or reddish green, orbiculate, (base hastate), surfaces densely 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.

usually 1, (lax), nodding, 4–8-flowered racemes, simple.

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

not exceeding length of hypanthium.

shorter than hypanthium.

deciduous if unfertilized, fragrant, horizontal;

hypanthium elongate-obconic, elongating in fruit, abruptly expanding, open at throat, (9–11 mm, length 3–4 times diam.);

sepals erect, triangular;

petals widely spreading, pink, obovate-rhombic, narrowly clawed, 3-lobed, 4–14 mm, ultimate margins entire;

ovary 1/2+ to ± entirely inferior;

styles included in fruit;

stigma papillae in narrow subapical band.

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.

0.6–0.7 mm, smooth or wrinkled.

0.6–0.7 mm, smooth or wrinkled.

= 28.

= 14, 35.