Flora of North America species comparison

absent or inconspicuous, uncolored.

ascending to nearly erect, (1–)2–5(–6) dm.

petiole 1–3.5 cm, long hairs ± abundant, 0.5–1.5 mm, short hairs absent or sparse, rarely common;

leaflets 0.2–1 cm, lobes oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, (0.5–)1–2 mm wide, longs hairs ± abundant, short hairs absent or sparse, glands sparse to abundant.

not in ranks, ± subpalmate to subpinnate (proximal leaflets sometimes doubled, distal leaflets confluent and/or decurrent), (2–)5–20(–28) cm;

petiole (1–)3–15(–20) cm, long hairs abundant, appressed to ascending-spreading, 1–2.5 mm, weak often flattened and twisted, sometimes grading to crisped or cottony hairs, short hairs absent, glands absent or sparse;

leaflets 5–7, on distal 1/10–1/4 of leaf axis, ± overlapping, largest ones usually ± obovate, (1–)1.5–5(–6) × 1–3.5(–4) cm, margins flat, distal 2/3–3/4 evenly to unevenly incised ± 1/2 to midvein (often with additional incisions nearly to midvein), undivided medial blade 4–20 mm wide, teeth (2–)3–6(–8) per side (sometimes secondarily toothed), ± lanceolate, 4–11 mm, surfaces ± similar, abaxial ± lighter and hairier, gray-green to grayish, rarely green, not glaucous, long hairs ± abundant, short-crisped hairs absent or sparse to common, cottony hairs usually absent, glands absent or sparse.

1–2.

5–50-flowered.

0.5–3(–4) cm.

epicalyx bractlets broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 1.5–4(–5) × (0.4–)0.8–1.3 mm;

sepals 2–4(–5) mm, apex ± acute;

petals (3–)4–6 × (2–)3–5 mm;

filaments 1–2(–2.5) mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm;

carpels 20–50.

epicalyx bractlets broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 3–6(–7.5) × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm, hairs ± common to abundant, loosely appressed to ascending, glands absent or inconspicuous;

hypanthium 3.5–5.5 mm diam.;

sepals 5–10 mm, apex acute to acuminate;

petals 5–10 × 5–10 mm;

filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.7–1.2 mm;

carpels 15–30, styles filiform-tapered, papillate-swollen proximally, 2–3 mm.

0.9–1.2 mm.

1.4–1.6 mm.

= 63–73, 79, 87, 98, 129.