Flora of North America species comparison

tuberous.

nearly erect, hispid, base not bulbous.

erect or decumbent, never rooting nodally, hispid, base not bulbous.

blades ovate in outline, 3-5-foliolate, 3.8-10 × 2.7-9 cm, leaflets 1x-lobed, ultimate segments narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, margins entire or with few teeth, apex broadly acute to rounded-obtuse.

pedicellate;

receptacle pilose;

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

petals 5, 7-10 × 4-8 mm.

receptacle hispid;

sepals spreading or weakly reflexed ca. 1 mm above base, 7-10 × 3-5 mm, hispid;

petals 10-22, yellow, 12-22 × 4-9 mm.

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.

globose to cylindric, 8-14 × 8-10 mm;

achenes 2.2-4.2 × 2.8-3.4 mm, glabrous, margin forming narrow rib 0.4-0.6 mm wide;

beak usually persistent, filiform from deltate base, straight, 2-4 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.

= 32.