Flora of North America species comparison

dimorphic, flowering stems erect or ascending, stolons prostrate, rooting nodally, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, not bulbous-based.

prostrate, glabrous, rooting nodally.

basal leaves absent, cauline leaf blades reniform to broadly flabellate, deeply 3-lobed or 3-parted, 0.3-1.2 × 0.5-2.1 cm, base obtuse to cordate, lobes undivided or lateral lobes cleft, terminal segment entire or distally crenulate, apex rounded.

simple and undivided, blades oblong to cordate or circular, 0.7-3.8 × 0.8-3.2 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins crenate or crenate-serrate, apex rounded.

receptacle hispid or glabrous;

sepals spreading, 2.5-6 × 1.5-3 mm, glabrous;

petals 5, yellow, 2-7 × 1-3 mm.

receptacle glabrous;

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

petals 3-4, 2-4 × 1-3 mm;

nectary on petal surface, scale poorly developed and forming crescent-shaped ridge surrounding but not covering nectary;

style 0.1-0.2 mm.

long-ovoid or cylindric, 6-12 × 4-5(-9) mm;

achenes 1-1.4(-2.2) × 0.8-1.2 mm, glabrous;

beak persistent, conic, straight, 0.1-0.2 mm.

globose or short-ovoid, 3-5 × 2-5 mm;

achenes 1-1.4 × 0.8-1.2 mm, glabrous;

beak linear, curved, 0.1-0.4 mm.

roots absent.

= 16.

= 32.