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

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 2–7 cm (longer than leaves), axis pubescent, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

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

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

not jointed, 8–12 mm, bristly and glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 4–8 mm, pubescent and 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 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, purple, globose, 6–7 mm, hairs glandular.

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