Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, 0.3–2 dm, lengths 2–3 times basal leaves.

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

not in ranks, ternate, 1–5(–9) cm;

stipules: apex acute to obtuse;

petiole 1–4 cm, long hairs absent or sparse to common, spreading to ascending, 0.5–2 mm, ± weak, glands sparse to abundant;

leaflets 3, central flabellate, 0.4–2 × 0.5–1.5 cm, petiolule 1–3 mm, margins flat, distal 3/4+ deeply 3–5-lobed (sinuses extending 1/2 to nearly to midvein), lobes unevenly incised 1/4–1/2 to midvein, teeth 2–5 per lobe, surfaces similar, dark green, hairs ± sparse, 0.5–1.5 mm, glands sparse to abundant.

1–7-flowered.

straight, 0.2–1.2(–2) cm, not much longer in fruit than in flower.

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 broadly ovate, 2–4 × 2 mm, margins flat;

hypanthium 3.5–6 mm diam.;

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

petals yellow, 3–5.5 × 4–5 mm;

filaments 0.7–1.7 mm, anthers 0.5–0.6 mm;

carpels 25–40, styles tapered-filiform, ± papillate-swollen in proximal 1/5–/1/3, 1.3–2 mm.

1–1.5 mm.

1–1.5 mm, dorsally crested.

= 42.