Flora of North America species comparison

often simple from base, (1–)4–13 dm.

petiole 1–30 cm;

blade oblong, obovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate in outline, lyrate or pinnatisect, sometimes undivided, 2–60 cm × 10–200 mm, margins dentate, apex obtuse or acute;

lobes 1–12 each side, oblong or ovate, to 10 cm × 50 mm.

(distal) subsessile;

blade often undivided.

sepals 5.5–10 × 1–2 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent;

petals usually purple or pink, sometimes white (veins often darker), 15–25 × 3–8 mm, claw to 14 mm;

filaments 5–12 mm;

anthers 1.5–2 mm.

spreading to ascending, 5–40 mm.

usually fusiform or lanceolate, sometimes ovoid or cylindrical;

valvular segment 1–3.5 mm;

terminal segment (1–)3–15(–25) cm × (5–)7–13(–15) mm, smooth or, rarely, slightly constricted between seeds, not ribbed, beak narrowly to broadly conical to linear;

style 10–40 mm.

globose or ovoid, 2.5–4 mm diam. 2n = 18.