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 1–3 cm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular;

blade roundish, deeply 3-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, sometimes with 2 shorter lobes proximally, 1–3 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces puberulent and stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate, rounded, margins acutely 2–4-toothed, apex blunt-toothed.

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

spreading, 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–1.5 cm, axis puberulent and glandular, 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, 1–1.5 mm, densely puberulent and glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 1–1.5 mm, puberulent and glandular.

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 yellow, tubular, 2–3 mm, puberulent;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, yellow, narrowly oblong, 3 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white, narrowly obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens slightly longer than petals;

filaments linear, 1 mm, glabrous;

anthers yellow, oval, 0.7–1 mm, apex with cup-shaped depression;

ovary subglabrous;

styles completely connate, 4.5 mm, glabrous.

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

palatable, black, globose, 7–8 mm, glabrous.

= 16.