Flora of North America species comparison

petiole (0.1–)0.7–2(–4) cm, crisped-puberulent;

blade orbiculate or reniform-orbiculate, 3–5(–7)-lobed, cleft nearly to midrib, 0.5–1.6(–2.7) cm, base subcordate or truncate, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent, rarely glandular-pubescent, lobes oblong to cuneate, margins with acute teeth, sometimes revolute, apex rounded.

petiole 0.7–4(–5) cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

blade pentagonal, irregularly 5-lobed, cleft 2/3–3/4 to midrib, (0.5–)1–3.5(–4) cm, base cordate, surfaces densely pubescent or stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins irregularly serrate, toothed apex somewhat acute.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2(–4)-flowered racemes, 1.5–2.5 cm, axis puberulent, flowers evenly spaced.

pendent, 3–8(–11)-flowered racemes, 2–3 cm, axis puberulent, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

not jointed, 0.5–1 mm, puberulent;

bracts lanceolate, 0.5–4 mm, (with 2 smaller bractlets immediately proximal to each flower), puberulent.

jointed, 1–4(–5) mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.3–3 mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium greenish white to white, tubular, (2.3–)4–6 mm, softly hispid abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, greenish white to white, lanceolate, (2.5–)3.5–7 mm;

petals nearly connivent, erect, cream with red margins, whitish or pinkish, oblanceolate to spatulate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2–4.4 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens nearly as long as petals;

filaments linear, 1.3–3 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream to violet, oval, 0.5–1.6 mm, apex with cup-shaped depression;

ovary pubescence not bristly, hairs soft;

styles connate nearly to stigmas, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous.

hypanthium pinkish to orangish, saucer-shaped, 0.5–1.5 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

sepals separated, spreading, green to yellowish, pink, red, orange, or white, sometimes with pale yellow, scarious margins, broadly ovate to obovate, 2.5–4 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, red, pinkish, or purplish, cuneate-lunate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.9–1.5 mm;

nectary disc yellowish, pinkish, or red, flat, 5-angled, covering most of ovary;

stamens as long as petals;

filaments linear, (0.5–)0.9–1.6 mm, glabrous;

anthers yellow or cream, oblate to transversely elliptic, 0.5–0.8 mm, broader than long, apex notched;

ovary sparsely to thickly, usually purplish glandular-bristly;

styles connate ca. 4/5 their lengths, 1.1–1.8 mm, glabrous.

palatable, dark red to black, globose, 5–10 mm, glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulent or glandular-pubescent.

somewhat palatable, bright red, obovoid-spheric, 5–10 mm, glandular-bristly.

= 16.