Flora of North America species comparison

absent or inconspicuous, uncolored.

ascending to nearly erect, (1–)2–5(–7.5) 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 not in ranks, palmate, rarely subpalmate, (2–)5–20(–30) cm;

petiole (1–)2–15(–25) cm, long hairs usually absent or sparse and appressed, sometimes common and spreading, 1–1.5 mm, stiff, short, crisped, and cottony hairs absent, glands absent;

leaflets 5–7(–8), usually on tip, rarely on less than distal 1/10, of leaf axis, separate, largest ones narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic, (1.5–)2–5(–6) × 0.5–1.2(–1.5) cm, margins flat, distal (1/4–)1/2–3/4 evenly incised 1/4–1/3 to midvein, undivided medial blade 4–11 mm wide, teeth (2–)4–8(–9) per side, mostly broadly lanceolate, 1–2 mm, surfaces similar, green, not glaucous, long hairs usually absent or limited to veins and margins, short, crisped, and cottony hairs absent, glands absent.

1–3.

(5–)10–20(–25)-flowered.

0.7–3(–3.5) 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 lanceolate to elliptic, (2–)2.5–5(–6) × 0.5–1(–1.4) mm, hairs sparse, ± appressed, glands absent;

hypanthium 3.5–5 mm diam.;

sepals 4–8(–9) mm, apex acute to long acuminate;

petals 5–10 × 5–10(–12) mm;

filaments 1–3 mm, anthers (0.5–)0.6–1 mm;

carpels 15–30, styles filiform above papillate-swollen base, (1–)1.5–2 mm.

0.9–1.2 mm.

1.1–1.6 mm.