Flora of North America species comparison

scandent, ribbed, glabrous;

prickles 0.5–1 mm.

ascending or erect, branched distally, slightly ribbed, glabrous or loosely appressed- to spreading-hirsute near nodes.

ocrea tan or brownish, cylindric, 8–15 mm, chartaceous, base inflated or not, with prickles, margins oblique, ciliate with bristles 0.5–2.5 mm, surface glabrous or appressed- to spreading-pubescent;

petiole 1–7 cm;

blade broadly hastate to hastate-cordate or triangular, (2–)6.5–13(–18) × (1–)6–11(–16) cm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, margins broadly hastate with lobes divergent, ciliate, sometimes also retrorsely prickly, apex acuminate, faces appressed-pubescent or, rarely, glabrous adaxially, stellate-pubescent or, rarely, glabrous abaxially, major veins often bearing prickles.

ocrea brown, cylindric, 10–20 mm, chartaceous, base usually inflated, margins truncate, ciliate with bristles 6–12 mm, surface strigose and with loosely ascending to spreading hairs at least proximally, not glandular-punctate;

petiole 0.1–0.5 cm, spreading-hirsute, leaves sometimes sessile;

blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, lanceolate, (3–)6–15(–18) × (1.5–)2–3.2(–4.8) cm, base tapered to truncate, margins appressed-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, faces sparsely hirsute to loosely appressed hirsute abaxially and adaxially.

capitate or paniclelike, uninterrupted, 5–12 × 3–8 mm;

peduncle 10–80 mm, retrorsely prickly proximally, stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular distally, glands red or pink;

ocreolae usually overlapping, sometimes not overlapping proximally, margins eciliate or ciliate with bristles to 0.5 mm.

mostly terminal, erect, uninterrupted, 20–80 × 4–8 mm;

peduncle 10–70 mm, strigose;

ocreolae overlapping, margins ciliate with bristles (0.6–)1–3(–5) mm.

mostly ascending, 2–3 mm.

ascending, 1–3 mm.

2–4 per ocreate fascicle;

perianth pink or red, often whitish green proximally, glabrous, accrescent, not becoming blue and fleshy in fruit;

tepals 4, connate 1/3–1/2 their length, broadly elliptic, 5–6 mm, apex acute to obtuse;

stamens (6–)8, filaments distinct, free;

anthers pink, elliptic;

styles 2, distinct.

(1–)2–4(–5) per ocreate fascicle, homostylous;

perianth greenish proximally, creamy or tan distally, occasionally tinged pink, glabrous, not glandular-punctate, nonaccrescent;

tepals 5, connate ca. 1/3 their length, obovate, 2–3 mm, veins not prominent, not anchor-shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded;

stamens 5, included;

anthers pink or red, elliptic;

styles 3, connate proximally.

included, dark brown to black, biconvex, 3.5–6 × 3–4 mm, shiny, smooth.

included or apex exserted, brown to black, 3-gonous, (1.5–)2–2.5 × 1.2–1.7 mm, shiny, smooth.

= 20.