Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 2–4 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

blade roundish, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/4–1/3 to midrib, 2–4 cm, base cordate, surfaces puberulent, stipitate-glandular, lobes oblong to cuneate, sides parallel, margins crenate, apex rounded or deltate.

petiole 3–6 cm, puberulent with stalked glands;

blade pentagonal with nearly parallel sides, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 2 middle sinuses deepest, to 8.5 cm, base broadly truncate to shallowly cordate, surfaces not glandular, ± hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lateral lobes (directed forward), broadly triangular to ovate-triangular, margins coarsely bicrenate-dentate, apex acute.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 4–8 cm (nearly as long as leaves), axis pubescent, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

pendent, 6–13-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely pubescent, glands short-stipitate, flowers evenly spaced.

not jointed, 6–8 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

jointed, 1–4 mm, short stipitate-glandular;

bracts ovate-orbiculate to oblong, 1.5–2 mm, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium reddish, campanulate, 5–7 mm (1/2 as long as sepals), pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, maroon, lanceolate, 7–8 mm;

petals connivent, erect, pinkish white, oblong, inrolled, 2–5 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 7–8 mm, glabrous;

anthers maroon, lanceolate, somewhat sagittate, 3 mm, apex apiculate;

ovary densely glandular-bristly;

styles connate 3/8 their lengths, 12–20 mm, glabrous.

hypanthium dark reddish purple or greenish white and strongly purplish-maculate or tinged, saucer-shaped, to 1 mm, glabrous;

sepals with adjacent lobes overlapping, spreading, greenish purple, cuneate-rhombic, 2 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, reddish purple, spatulate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1 mm;

nectary disc prominent, reddish purple, 5-lobed, covering top of ovary;

stamens nearly as long as petals;

filaments linear, 0.2–0.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, transversely oblong-cordate, 0.2–0.3 mm, apex shallowly notched (anther sacs almost adjacent);

ovary glabrous;

styles connate 1/3–3/4 their lengths, 1–1.2 mm, glabrous.

palatable, purple, globose, 15–20 mm, bristles stiff, mostly glandular, some eglandular.

sour-tasting, red, ovoid, 6–10 mm, glabrous.