Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 1–5 cm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular;

blade roundish, 3–5-lobed, cleft nearly 1/4 to midrib, 2–6 cm, base deeply cordate, surfaces stipitate-glandular, glands colorless, and tomentose abaxially, rough-hairy adaxially, (dark green and rugose), lobes deltate, margins biserrate, apex obtuse.

petiole 1–4 cm, glandular-pubescent;

blade round-ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 1.5–2.5 cm, base shallowly cordate, surfaces paler and usually pubescent and glandular abaxially, sparsely pubescent adaxially, lobes rounded, shallowly cleft, margins crenate-dentate, apex rounded.

pendent, 10–25-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 4–6 cm, axis stipitate-glandular.

jointed, 1–2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts oblanceolate or wider, 6–9 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

not jointed, 3–4 mm, densely stipitate-glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 2–3 mm, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium pink, narrowly tubular-urceolate, 5–8 mm, stipitate-glandular abaxially, villous-pubescent adaxially;

sepals nearly overlapping at base, spreading, pink to purple, obovate, (1.5–)4–6 mm;

petals nearly connivent, erect, pink to white, oblong-elliptic, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens nearly as long as petals;

filaments broader toward base, 0.6 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, ovate, 1.2–1.3 mm, apex minutely apiculate;

ovary densely stipitate-glandular;

styles connate nearly to stigmas, 6–7 mm, sparsely hairy.

hypanthium greenish with strong reddish tinge abaxially, narrowly campanulate, 3.5–5.5 mm, sparsely pilose;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, bright red, narrowly oblong, 10–13 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white or pinkish, broadly flabelliform but usually inrolled on edges, 4–5(–7) mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 8–14 mm, glabrous;

anthers purple or red, oval, 1.2–2 mm, apex rounded;

ovary glandular;

styles connate 2/5–3/5 their lengths, 8–14 mm, glabrous.

palatable, purple, globose, 6–7 mm, hairs glandular.

palatable, reddish brown, globose-ellipsoid, 10–15(–20) mm, coarsely setose-glandular, not prickly.