Flora of North America species comparison

0.2–0.8(–1.5) dm, lengths 1/2–1 1/2 times basal leaves.

petiole 1–4 cm, eglandular hairs absent or sparse, spreading, less than 1 mm, weak, glands abundant.

palmate, (2–)4–10(–15) cm;

petiole (1–)2–6(–10) cm, straight hairs abundant, ± appressed to ascending, 1.5–2 mm, stiff, cottony hairs usually absent, glands sparse, often obscured;

leaflets 5–7(–9), on tip or at least less than distal 1/10 of leaf axis, slightly overlapping, proximal pair separated from others by 0(–1) mm of leaf axis, central leaflets ± oblanceolate, 1–4(–5.5) × 0.5–1 cm, petiolules 0(–3) mm, less than distal 1/5(–1/3) of margins incised ± 1/2 to midvein, teeth 0–1(–3) per side, separate, 0.5–2 mm, surfaces strongly to ± dissimilar, abaxial grayish white to white, straight hairs abundant, ± appressed, 1–1.5(–2) mm, weak to stiff (especially on veins), cottony hairs common to dense, glands absent or obscured, adaxial green to grayish green, straight hairs ± abundant, appressed, 0.5–1 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, rarely sparse, glands absent or obscured.

2–5(–8)-flowered.

1–3(–4.5) cm.

epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 2–4 × 0.8–2 mm;

sepals 3–5(–7) mm, apex broadly acute to obtuse;

petals 3.5–6.5 × 3–5 mm;

filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.6 mm;

carpels 10–15.

epicalyx bractlets ± lanceolate, 2–4 × 1 mm;

hypanthium 3–4 mm diam.;

sepals (2.5–)3–5.5 mm, apex ± acute;

petals 3.5–7 × 2.5–5.5 mm;

filaments 1–2 mm, anthers 0.5–1 mm;

carpels 10–20, styles 2 mm.

1–1.5 mm.

2 mm, smooth to rugose.