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 1–4 cm, villous, pubescent, or glabrous;

blade round-ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 2.5–3.5 cm, base shallowly cordate, surfaces sparsely pubescent, with nonglandular and stipitate-glandular hairs on veins and margins, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins with 2–5 rounded teeth, apex rounded to broadly acute.

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

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 2–3 cm, axis pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

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

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

not jointed, 2–3 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

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

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 green or tinged with purple, campanulate (± as long as wide), 2–4 mm, pubescent;

sepals not overlapping, strongly reflexed, purple or rust-red, long-triangular, 10–15 mm;

petals connivent, erect, bright yellow, oblong-deltate-spatulate, strongly concave abaxially, 5–6 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens nearly 2.5 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 10–15 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oval, 1–2 mm, apex rounded;

ovary villous with weak, glandless bristles;

styles connate nearly to stigmas, 10–15 mm, glabrous.

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

palatability not known, dark red, oblong, 10–20 mm, prickles nonglandular, hairs sparse, appressed.