Flora of North America species comparison

sometimes sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.

decumbent to ascending, (0.2–)0.5–1.5(–2.2) dm.

± prostrate, sometimes ascending in supporting vegetation, 1.5–5 dm, lengths 2–3 times basal leaves.

usually palmate, rarely also ternate on same plant or subpalmate, (1–)2–6(–8) cm;

petiole (0.5–)1–2.5 cm, long hairs abundant to dense, ± appressed, 0.5–1.2 mm, stiff, verrucose, crisped hairs common, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant but usually obscured;

leaflets (3–)5–7, proximalmost separated by 0–2 mm, central ± obovate, (0.5–)1–1.5(–2) × (0.3–)0.5–0.8(–1) cm, petiolules 0–1 mm, distal 3/4 to nearly whole margin incised 3/4+ to midvein, teeth 2–4(–5) per side, (2–)3–6(–10) mm, apical tufts 0.5 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 abundant, 0.5–1.5 mm, ± stiff, short-crisped (rarely ± cottony) hairs sparse to common, glands absent or sparse.

pinnate with distal leaflets ± confluent, 5–12(–18) × 1–1.5(–2) cm;

petiole 0.5–1(–1.5) cm, straight hairs absent, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse;

primary lateral leaflets (5–)10–15(–20) per side, on nearly whole leaf axis, ± overlapping, largest ones (or leaflet lobes) elliptic, 0.4–1(–2) × 0.2–0.5(–1) cm, simple and entire or 2(–3)-fid to base (sometimes shallowly toothed as well), segments 1–2(–3), narrowly to broadly elliptic, 4–10(–20) × (1–)2–3 mm, apical tufts absent or less than 0.5 mm, surfaces green, glaucous, straight hairs absent or sparse to common, tightly appressed, 0.5 mm or less, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse.

1–3.

2–4.

(1–)3–10(–20)-flowered, congested or ± elongating in fruit, branch angle 5–30°.

(5–)10–20-flowered, loosely cymose.

0.2–0.7 cm, proximal to 1.3 cm.

0.8–3(–4) cm, straight to ± recurved in fruit.

epicalyx bractlets narrowly elliptic, (1–)1.5–2.5(–3) × 0.5–1 mm;

hypanthium 3–4 mm diam.;

sepals 2–4(–5) mm, apex obtuse to bluntly acute, glands sparse, obscured;

petals pale yellow, not overlapping, 2–4 × 2–3 mm, ± equal to sepals (slightly longer than in Inyo County);

filaments 1–1.5 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm;

carpels 30–50, styles 1–1.2 mm.

epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 1.5–2.5(–3) × 1 mm;

hypanthium 2–5 mm diam.;

sepals (3–)4–5(–6) mm, apex acute to acuminate;

petals (3.5–)4.5–6.5 × 2.5–4 mm;

filaments 1.5–3 mm, anthers 0.6–0.8 mm;

carpels 3–10, styles 2–2.5 mm.

1–1.4 mm.

1.8–2.2 mm, smooth to ± rugose, not carunculate.