Flora of North America species comparison

usually not sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.

ascending to nearly erect, (0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2.5) 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.

usually palmate, rarely also ternate on same plant or subpalmate, 2–6(–8) cm;

petiole 0.5–3.5(–5) cm, long hairs common to abundant, ± ascending to almost spreading, 1–2 mm, weak to ± stiff, scarcely to ± verrucose, short and/or crisped hairs common to abundant, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to common;

leaflets (3–)5, proximalmost separated by 0–1 mm, central obovate to oblanceolate-elliptic, 0.5–2(–2.5) × 0.5–1(–1.5) cm, petiolules 1 mm, distal 3/4 to nearly whole margin incised 1/2–3/4 to midvein, teeth 2–5 per side, (1–)2–5 mm, apical tufts 0.5–1 mm, abaxial surfaces white, long hairs common to abundant, cottony-crisped hairs dense, short hairs and glands absent or obscured, adaxial grayish green, long hairs common to abundant, 0.5–1.5 mm, ± stiff, rarely soft, short and/or crisped hairs sparse to common, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to common.

1–2.

(1–)3–10-flowered, congested or ± elongating in fruit, branch angle 20–35°.

0.2–0.5 cm, proximal to 1.2 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 narrowly elliptic, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 mm;

hypanthium 3–4 mm diam.;

sepals 2.5–4 mm, apex ± acute, glands abundant, usually not obscured;

petals yellow, ± overlapping, 3.5–5 × 3–4 mm, slightly longer than sepals;

filaments 1 mm, anthers 0.3–0.7 mm;

carpels 20–40, styles 1 mm.

0.9–1.2 mm.

1 mm.