Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, sparsely hirsute proximally, stellate-hairy distally.

erect, usually stellate-hairy.

stipules persistent, linear to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 3–8 × 2–3 mm;

petioles of proximal leaf blades 3 times as long as blade, reduced to 1/2 blade length distally, mid-stem petioles 2 times as long as blade, hairs simple;

distal blades usually round to reniform, deeply 5–7-lobed, lobes acutely 2-pinnatifid, 2–6 × 5–6 cm, base deeply cordate, margins irregularly toothed, apex rounded, obtuse, or acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, hairs simple or stellate.

stipules persistent, ovate-triangular, slightly falcate, 4–7 × (2–)4–5 mm, usually papery;

petiole shorter than to equaling or longer than blade, surfaces often glabrate abaxially, stellate-hairy adaxially;

blade round to broadly reniform, unlobed or broadly, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 3–10(–25) × (2–)5–10(–25) cm, base cordate or sometimes ± not adnate to calyx, linear to lanceolate, reticulate-veined, 2–3 × 0.5 mm, to 6 × 1 mm in fruit, shorter than calyx, thin and translucent, margins entire, sparsely stellate-puberulent and ciliate.

axillary, flowers solitary or in fascicles, often appearing short-racemose or subumbellate terminally, long-stalked.

(0.5–)0.8–2.5 cm, to 10–35 cm in fruit, hairs simple;

involucellar bractlets distinct, not adnate to calyx, linear to narrowly oblanceolate or elliptic, 5 × 1–1.5 mm, to 7–8 mm in fruit, length 1/2 calyx, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hirsute and long-ciliate.

calyx reticulate-veined, 6–8 mm, to 15 mm in fruit, outer surface hairy, hairs both simple and stellate;

petals bright pink to pale purple or white, 20–35 mm, length 2.5–3 times calyx;

staminal column 7–8(–10) mm, glabrate;

style 11–15-branched;

stigmas 11–15.

calyx reticulate-veined, 4–6 mm, to 10 mm in fruit, lobes enclosing mericarps, papery, stellate-puberulent;

petals pale lilac to whitish with lavender-pink tips, drying pinkish or whitish, or faded, veins not darker, 5–8 mm, subequal to or longer than calyx;

staminal column 2 mm, usually sparsely hairy or glabrous, hairs minute;

style 8–11-branched;

stigmas 8–11 (same number as locules).

1.2–1.5 mm.

2–2.5 mm.

9–11 mm diam.;

mericarps 11–15, black, 1.5–2 mm, apical face and margins rounded, sides thin and papery, smooth, surfaces densely hirsute at least apically.

7–9 mm diam.;

mericarps 8–11, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, apical face smooth to obscurely reticulate at margins, not toothed or winged, lateral faces radially ribbed, very thin over seed.

= 42.

= 84, 112.