Flora of North America species comparison

sometimes sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.

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

0.5–2(–2.7) dm, lengths 1–2(–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.

usually palmate, sometimes subpalmate, 3–12(–15) cm;

petiole 1–6(–13) cm, straight hairs ± abundant, ± appressed, 1–1.5 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse;

leaflets (3–)5, usually on tip, sometimes to distal 1/4 of leaf axis, ± overlapping, proximal pair separated from others by 0–10 mm of leaf axis, central leaflets ± obovate, 1–2.5(–4) × (0.5–)1–1.5(–2) cm, petiolule 0–2 mm, distal 1/2+ of margins incised 3/4+ to midvein, teeth 2–5 per side, separate, 3–10(–14) mm, surfaces similar, green to grayish, straight hairs sparse to abundant, appressed, 1–1.5 mm, usually stiff, short crisped hairs sometimes present, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse.

1–3.

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

(1–)2–6(–10)-flowered.

0.2–0.7 cm, proximal to 1.3 cm.

1–3(–4) cm.

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 narrowly ovate, 2–4 × 1–1.5 mm;

hypanthium 3–5 mm diam.;

sepals 3–5(–6) mm, apex ± acute;

petals (2.5–)5–7 × (2–)4–5 mm;

filaments 1–2 mm, anthers 0.6–1 mm;

carpels 5–20, styles 2–3 mm.

1–1.4 mm.

2–2.5 mm, smooth.