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 0.5–2 cm, stipitate-glandular;

blade roundish, usually unlobed, very shallowly cleft, 1–3.5 cm, base cuneate, surfaces glabrous, lobes, if present, with straight sides, margins with few, shallow teeth, apex rounded.

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

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 2–7 cm (longer than leaves), axis pubescent, stipitate-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, 8–12 mm, bristly and glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 4–8 mm, pubescent and stipitate-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 red, very broadly conic, wider than long, 2–3 mm, glandular;

sepals 4, connivent into tube, erect, red, strap-shaped, 6–10 mm;

petals 4, connivent, erect, red, oblong, margins curled inward, 6–10 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2–4 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 12–40 mm, glabrous;

anthers purple or red, oval, slightly sagittate, 2 mm, apex rounded;

ovary densely stipitate-glandular;

styles connate ± completely, 15–45 mm, glabrous.

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

palatability not known, orangish red, ovoid, 10–12 mm, densely glandular-bristly.

= 16.