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 3–6 cm, glabrous;

blade suborbiculate, 5-lobed, cleft 1/3–1/2 to midrib, 2.5–4.5 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces not glandular, sparsely hairy on veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lobes broadly ovate-triangular, margins bicrenate-serrate, apex acute.

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

ascending to pendent, 8–20-flowered racemes, 2–6 cm, axis glabrous, not glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

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

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

jointed, to 6 mm, glabrous, not glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 0.5–1 mm, glabrous.

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 ochroleucous or greenish, saucer-shaped, 1 mm, glabrous;

sepals nearly overlapping, spreading (revolute at tips), green or greenish brown, broadly deltate-ovate (abruptly narrowed to slender base), 2–2.5 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, cream to pinkish, cuneate-flabellate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.3–1 mm;

nectary disc prominent, green, raised, 5-angled, covering top of ovary;

stamens nearly as long as petals;

filaments linear, 0.2–0.3 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, dumbbell-shaped, 0.2–0.3 mm (broader than long), apex with U-shaped depression, (anther sacs distinctly separated by connective as broad as sac);

ovary glabrous;

styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 1+ mm, glabrous.

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

sour, bright red, globose, 6–10 mm, glabrous.