Flora of North America species comparison

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.

petiole 1–2.5 cm, pilose and with long-stalked glands, proximal hairs plumose;

blade roundish, 3-lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base broadly cuneate, surfaces with pilose hairs and punctate glands abaxially, pilose, glandular adaxially, lobes rounded, parallel-sided, margins toothed, apex rounded.

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

spreading, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 3–6 cm, axis glandular or short stipitate-glandular and sparsely lanate to sparsely pilose, sometimes nearly glabrous, flowers evenly spaced.

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

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

not jointed, 6–16 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate or pilose, glandular or eglandular;

bracts lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm, ciliate, with some glandular hairs on margins.

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.

hypanthium white, broadly campanulate, 1–2 mm, scattered-hairy to subvillous;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, white, oblanceolate, 7.5–9 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white, rhombic, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.2–2 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 4–5 times longer than petals;

filaments slightly expanded to base, 6–7.5 mm, pilose;

anthers cream, oblong-oval, 0.7–0.8 mm, apex rounded;

ovary pilose, sessile- and short stipitate-glandular;

styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 8–11 mm, copiously pilose-villous to above midlength.

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

palatability not known, greenish to reddish purple, globose, 7–12 mm, glabrous or hairy and glandular.