Flora of North America species comparison

never tuberous.

thickened basally, glabrous.

erect, never rooting nodally, strigose or hirsute, base bulbous and cormlike.

prostrate, sometimes rooting nodally, glabrous.

blades ovate to cordate in outline, 3-foliolate, rarely merely deeply divided, 2–5.3 × 2.4–5.4 cm, leaflets 1–2x-lobed, ultimate segments oblong to obovate, margins toothed, apex rounded in outline.

narrowly to broadly ovate, 1.2-4 × 0.7-2 cm, base rounded, truncate or sometimes obtuse, margins entire or denticulate, apex obtuse or acute.

bracts ovate or sometimes lanceolate.

receptacle pubescent;

sepals reflexed 2–3 mm above base, 6–9 × 2–4 mm, pilose;

petals 5, yellow, 9–13 × 8–11 mm.

receptacle glabrous;

sepals 5, spreading or reflexed from near base, 2-4 × 1-3 mm, glabrous;

petals 5-6, 4-6 × 2-4 mm;

nectary scales glabrous.

ovoid, 6–9 × 5–7 mm;

achenes 2.2–3.2 × 2.2–2.8 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.1–0.2 mm wide;

beak persistent, lanceolate to deltate, 0.2–0.8 mm, slender tip hooked when present.

hemispheric, 2-3 × 3-4 mm;

achenes 1.2-2 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous;

beak lanceolate to subulate, straight or curved, 0.6-0.8 mm.