Flora of North America species comparison

thickened basally, glabrous.

nearly erect, hispid, base not bulbous.

prostrate, sometimes rooting nodally, glabrous.

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.

pedicellate;

receptacle pilose;

sepals 5, reflexed, 3-8 × 1.5-3 mm, pilose;

petals 5, 7-10 × 4-8 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.

globose or ovoid, 5-8 × 6-7 mm;

achenes 15-35 per head, 2-3 × 2-3 mm, faces sparsely papillate or sometimes smooth, glabrous, margin smooth;

beak oblong to deltate, curved, 0.4-0.7 mm.

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.

and lower cauline leaf blades ovate to cordate, 3-foliolate, 2-6 × 2-6 cm, leaflets again parted, leaflet base truncate to acute, margins crenate-dentate to crenate-lobulate, apex rounded to obtuse.