Flora of North America species comparison

spreading or arching to erect, puberulent, sparsely to copiously stipitate-glandular;

spines at nodes absent;

prickles on internodes absent.

decumbent, vining, or spreading, finely crisped-puberulent, sparsely subsessile-glandular;

spines at nodes absent;

prickles on internodes absent.

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 (1.5–)2.5–5.5(–8) cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

blade orbiculate, 5–7-lobed, cleft nearly 1/2 to midrib, (2.5–)4–12 cm, base deeply cordate, surfaces ± crisped-puberulent at least on veins, usually with some sessile, crystalline glands and more numerous, very short-stipitate, noncrystalline glands abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lobes ovate-triangular, margins shallowly to coarsely 2 times crenate-serrate, apex acute to 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 or ascending, 6–8-flowered racemes, (2–)3–6(–8) cm, axis 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, (2.2–)3.2–12 mm, pubescent, red stipitate-glandular;

bracts linear to lanceolate-subulate, 0.9–2.8(–3.6) mm, copiously crisped-puberulent, moderately reddish 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 greenish white with pinkish tinge to red or purple, shallowly bowl-shaped, 0.6–1 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, tips usually slightly recurved, greenish white to deep red or purplish, deltate-ovate to oblong-ovate, 2.4–4 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, pinkish to reddish or purplish, greenish at apex, reniform or crescent-shaped, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.9–1.6 mm;

nectary disc prominent, cream, reddish, or brownish, flat, 5-lobed, covering ovary;

stamens nearly as long as to slightly longer than petals;

filaments linear, 1–1.7 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oval, 0.5–0.7 mm, apex blunt;

ovary finely puberulent, prominently reddish stipitate-glandular, (glandular hairs to 0.5 mm);

styles connate 1/3–2/3 their lengths, 1.4–1.8 mm, glabrous.

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

palatable, purplish black, ovoid, (4–)5–10(–14) mm, pubescent, reddish purple stipitate-glandular.

= 16.