Flora of North America species comparison

not sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.

0.2–1.5(–2) dm.

ascending to nearly erect, 1.5–4 dm.

palmate, rarely ternate, (1–)2–7(–18) cm;

petiole (0.5–)1–5(–11) cm, long hairs sparse to abundant, ± spreading (to ascending), 1–3(–4) mm, ± weak, glands ± abundant;

leaflets (3–)5(–7), central flabellate to obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate, (0.5–)1–3(–8) × 0.5–2 cm, not or ± petiolulate, distal 2/3–3/4 of margins evenly to unevenly incised 1/5–3/4 to midvein, sometimes deeply lobed as well, teeth 2–9 per side (some secondarily toothed as well), surfaces green, long hairs sparse to common, 1–2 mm (late-season leaves and adaxial surfaces sometimes nearly glabrate), glands sparse to abundant.

often both ternate and palmate on same plant, rarely subpalmate, 4–10 cm;

petiole 2.5–7 cm, long hairs sparse to common, loosely appressed to ascending-spreading, 1–2 mm, ± weak to stiff, verrucose, short and/or ± crisped hairs common to abundant, cottony hairs absent, glands usually sparse;

leaflets 3–5, proximalmost separated by 0(–1) mm, central oblong to obovate, 1.5–4 × 1–2.5 cm, petiolules 0–5 mm, distal 2/3–3/4 of margin incised 1/2–3/4, rarely +, to midvein, teeth (4–)5–8 per side, 4–5 mm, apical tufts 1 mm, abaxial surfaces gray to grayish white, long hairs abundant, cottony-crisped hairs usually dense, short hairs and glands absent or obscured, adaxial green to grayish green, long hairs sparse to common, 0.5–1.5 mm, stiff, short hairs absent or sparse, rarely common, crisped and cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse, rarely common.

2–3.

(1–)3–15-flowered.

4–20-flowered, open, branch angle (10–)20–45°.

0.5–1.5(–2) cm.

0.5–3 cm, proximal to 5 cm.

epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–3(–5) × 0.5–1.5 mm;

hypanthium 2.5–4 mm diam.;

sepals (2.5–)3–5(–6) mm, apex ± acute;

petals nearly white abaxially, pale yellow adaxially, narrowly obcordate, 3–6(–8) × 2.5–5 mm;

filaments 1.5–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–1 mm;

carpels 4–12, styles 2–3 mm.

epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3–4 × 0.8–1.2 mm;

hypanthium 4–6 mm diam.;

sepals 4–5 mm, apex subacute to acute, glands usually ± sparse, not obscured;

petals pale yellow, not overlapping, 5–7 × (4–)5–6.5 mm, distinctly longer than sepals;

filaments 0.5–1.5 mm, anthers 0.4 mm;

carpels 30–60, styles 0.9–1.1 mm.

1.5–2 mm, ± rugose.

1.2 mm.

hairs well differentiated from long hairs, ± abundant to dense throughout.

= 56.