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 0.7–1.5(–2) cm, pilose;

blade roundish to rhombic, 5–7-lobed, cleft nearly 1/2 to midrib, 1–2.5 cm, base broadly cuneate to truncate, surfaces softly pubescent to glabrous, not glandular, lobes cuneate, long-deltate, margins toothed, apex broadly acute.

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 corymbs, 0.5–1.5 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely pilose.

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

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

not jointed, 2–5 mm, glabrous;

bracts ovate to deltate, 1–2 mm, villous-ciliate with simple hairs.

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 greenish white, obconic to campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or pilose to densely pilose;

sepals not overlapping, erect, recurved in age, greenish white or with purplish tinge along margins, broadly oblong, 3–4 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white to purple tinged, spatulate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.7–2.5 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 3–4.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oval, 0.2–0.3 mm, apex rounded;

ovary glabrous;

styles connate to middle, 3–4.5 mm, villous in proximal 1/2.

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

palatable, greenish to purplish, globose, 6–7 mm, glabrous.

= 16.

= 16.