Flora of North America species comparison

petiole (0.3–) 0.6–1.2(–2.8) cm, glabrous or finely to copiously pubescent;

blade almost reniform to broadly cuneate-flabellate, 3–5(–7)-lobed, shallowly cleft, (0.5–) 1–2(–4) cm, base cordate to truncate, surfaces glabrous or copiously pubescent, sparsely stipitate-glandular to downy to conspicuously stipitate-glandular and sessile-glandular, particularly noticeable on margins, lobes rounded, margins coarsely crenate-dentate, apex obtuse.

petiole 3–5 cm, crisped-tomentose, stipitate-glandular;

blade angular-orbiculate, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/3–2/3 to midrib, 2.5–5 cm, base deeply cordate, surfaces pubescent, with sessile to short-stipitate glands, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins crenate and finely dentate-serrate, apex obtuse.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–8(–9)-flowered racemes, 1–3 cm, axis finely pubescent, ± sticky with short-stalked to subsessile glands, flowers tightly clustered at end of peduncle.

erect to ascending, 6–20-flowered racemes, 2–5 cm, axis puberulent and stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

jointed, (0.4–)1–2.2(–3.4) mm, puberulent;

bracts flabellate or ovate to obovate, 3–7(–8.8) mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

jointed, 1.2–3 mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate to obovate, 2–4 mm, crisped-puberulent, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium white to greenish white with pink tinge, or pinkish white, narrowly tubular, tube widest at base and near throat, 5–9(–9.4) mm, densely hairy and scattered stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

sepals not overlapping, spreading-recurved, greenish white to white or faintly to strongly pinkish tinged, deltate-ovate, 1–3.2 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white to pink, orbiculate or flabellate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1–2.1 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens shorter than petals, (inserted below petals and completely included in hypanthium tube);

filaments linear, 0.5–1.6 mm, glabrous;

anthers pale cream-yellow to yellow, oval, 0.6–1.2 mm, apex with small, cup-shaped gland;

ovary glabrous or hairy or sparsely to densely pubescent;

styles connate nearly to stigmas, 7.5–11.5 mm, proximally hairy or glabrous.

hypanthium yellowish orange, broadly saucer-shaped, ca. 1 mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, yellow- or salmon-tinged, oblong-rounded, 1.5–3 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, yellow- or salmon-tinged, broadly spatulate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1–1.2 mm;

nectary disc prominent, orangish, raised, angled, covering most of ovary;

stamens as long as petals;

filaments linear, 0.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers yellow, orbiculate, 0.5 mm, apex shallowly notched;

ovary stipitate-glandular;

styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 1 mm, glabrous.

tasteless, dull to bright red or orange-red, ovoid, 5–12 mm, sparsely glandular to glandular.

palatability not known, red, ovoid, 8–10 mm, stipitate-glandular.

= 16.