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 1–2 cm, pubescent;

blade pentangular, 3–5-lobed, deeply cleft, 2–5 cm, base cordate to broad-cuneate, surfaces pubescent, lobes obtuse, margins crenulate-dentate, apex obtuse.

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

spreading, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–3 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely lanate and 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, 2–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate;

bracts ovate, 1–3 mm, sparsely lanate, sparsely 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 greenish, short-campanulate, 4–6 mm, pubescent;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, greenish abaxially, pink adaxially, strap-shaped, 5–7 mm;

petals not connivent, erect, white, ovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times longer than petals;

filaments linear, 4–6 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oblong-oval, 1–2 mm, apex rounded;

ovary sparsely hairy;

styles connate to tip, ca. 6 mm, villous in proximal 1/2.

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

very palatable, greenish, ovoid, 10–20 mm, softly bristled.

= 16.