Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 1–3 cm, pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs, some plumose hairs at base;

blade roundish to nearly reniform, 3- (or 5-)lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, proximal segments again shallowly cleft into 2 unequal lobes, 2–3.5 cm, base rounded to cordate, surfaces pubescent abaxially, subglabrous or finely pubescent adaxially, lobes cuneate, margins prominently crenate-serrate, apex rounded.

petiole 2–5 cm, puberulent to villous and stipitate-glandular;

blade suborbiculate, 3–5-lobed, deeply cleft, 2–5 cm, base cordate, surfaces pubescent, not stipitate-glandular, lobes broadly cuneate, sides mostly straight, margins dentate-crenate, apex rounded.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis glabrous or pilose, flowers evenly spaced.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–4 cm (much shorter than leaves), axis hairy, flowers evenly spaced.

not jointed, 3–12 mm, glabrous or pilose;

bracts oval, 1–2 mm, glabrous or ciliate with stiff hairs and glands.

not jointed, 1–2 mm, bristly;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.5–3 mm, puberulent.

hypanthium greenish or purplish, obconic, 1.5–3.5 mm, glabrous or copiously pubescent;

sepals not overlapping, spreading-reflexed, red or reddish or purplish green, narrowly oblong-deltate, 3.4–6 mm;

petals distally nearly connivent to overlapping, erect, white or pink to red, cuneate-lunate to obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2.5–3.5 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 3.5–7 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oval, 1 mm, apex rounded;

ovary glabrous;

styles connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, 5–11 mm, copiously pilose-villous in proximal 3/4.

hypanthium green, broadly campanulate, 2–3(–4) mm, pubescent;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, greenish white to green with red margins, lanceolate, 4–6 mm;

petals nearly connivent, erect, white to pink, oblong, flat or shallowly concave abaxially, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens longer than petals;

filaments slightly expanded at base, 2–4 mm, glabrous;

anthers reddish brown, oval, 0.2–0.5 mm, apex blunt;

ovary densely bristly and glandular;

styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 2–4 mm, glabrous.

palatable, purplish black, subglobose, 6–12 mm, glabrous.

palatability not known, yellow-green, ovoid, 8–10 mm, prickles yellow, nonglandular, stout, developing into spines, hairs glandular or eglandular.

= 16.