Flora of North America species comparison

erect, glabrous, rooting at base, only very rarely rooting at proximal nodes.

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

basal and cauline, basal and proximal cauline leaf blades reniform to semicircular in outline, 3-lobed or -parted, 1-5 × 1.6-6.8 cm, base truncate to cordate, segments usually again lobed or parted, sometimes undivided, margins crenate or crenate-lobulate, apex rounded or occasionally obtuse.

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 pubescent or glabrous;

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

petals 3-5, 2-5 × 1-3 mm;

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

style absent.

receptacle hispid or glabrous;

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

petals 5, yellow, 2-7 × 1-3 mm.

ellipsoid or cylindric heads, 5-13 × 3-7 mm;

achenes 1-1.2 × 0.8-1 mm, glabrous;

beak deltate, usually straight, 0.1 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.

roots absent.

= 16.