Flora of North America species comparison

never tuberous.

erect or ascending, never rooting nodally, crisped-pilose, base not bulbous.

erect to decumbent, not rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based, spheric or ellipsoid bulbils sometimes formed in leaf axils.

simple and undivided, blades cordate to deltate or semicircular, 1.8-3.7 × 2-4 cm, base cordate, margins entire or crenate, apex rounded or obtuse.

broadly rhombic to semicircular in outline, 3-parted, 2.8-4.3 × 3-5.5 cm, segments 3-lobed, ultimate segments lanceolate, margins entire or toothed, apex narrowly acute or acuminate.

receptacle glabrous;

sepals reflexed 1 mm above base, 4-6 × 1.5-3 mm, densely pilose;

petals 5, abaxially red, adaxially yellow, 10-12 × 4-6 mm.

receptacle glabrous;

sepals spreading, saccate at extreme base, 4-9 × 3-6 mm, glabrous;

petals yellow, 10-15 × 3-7 mm.

of achenes hemispheric, 4-7 × 7-10 mm;

achenes 3.4-4.2 × 2.8-3.2 mm, sometimes basally pilose, margin forming narrow rib 0.1-0.2 mm wide;

beak persistent, lance-subulate, straight or somewhat curved distally, 1.6-2.6 mm.

of achenes hemispheric, 4-5 × 6-8 mm;

achenes 2.6-2.8 × 1.8-2 mm, pubescent;

beak absent.

roots present.