Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 1–2.5 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

blade broadly ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 1.5–2.5 cm, base semitruncate or slightly cordate, surfaces abaxially pubescent and sessile- or stipitate-glandular, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins crenate-dentate, apex rounded.

petiole 3–7 cm; glabrous or sparsely glandular;

blade pentangular, 5–7-lobed, cleft nearly to midrib, 3–8 cm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or pubescent along veins abaxially, lobes deltate, margins serrate or 2 times serrate, apex acute.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular.

erect or ascending, 6–15-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

jointed, 2–7 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular;

bracts linear, 1–2 mm, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium crimson, conic, 2.5–3.5 mm (1/4–1/3 as long as sepals), white-pilose, with red, stalked glands and red bristles;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, reddish purple or greenish purple, oblong-lanceolate, 7–11 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white or pinkish to yellow, broadly flabellate-cuneate, often with inrolled margins, 3–4 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 1.5–1.8 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 3–5 mm, glabrous;

anthers white or tan, lanceolate-sagittate, 2.5 mm, apex acute, mucronate;

ovary somewhat pubescent and strongly purplish glandular-bristly with longer glandless bristles among gland-tipped hairs;

styles connate to middle, 6–8 mm, glabrous.

hypanthium greenish white, deeply saucer-shaped, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, sometimes stipitate-glandular;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, white to pink, oblong-obovate from rounded sinuses, 1.5–2.5 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, pinkish, cuneate to flabellate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.5–1.5 mm;

nectary disc prominent, yellowish, flat, not angled, covering most of ovary;

stamens as long as or slightly longer than petals;

filaments linear, 1.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream or dark pink, ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm, apex shallowly notched;

ovary glandular-bristly;

styles connate 1/4 their lengths, 1.5 mm, glabrous, with few glands at base.

not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly.

palatable or unpalatable, dark red, ovoid, 6–8 mm, glandular-bristly.