Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 0.5–4(–6) cm, glabrous or pubescent and stipitate-glandular;

blade broadly reniform to broadly ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/3–1/2 to midrib, 0.8–5 cm, base truncate to rounded-cuneate, surfaces finely pubescent or only between veins abaxially, lobes broad, rounded ternately, margins 1 or 2 times crenate-dentate, apex mucronate or apiculate.

petiole to 3 cm, puberulent and stipitate-glandular;

blade obovate to rotund, 3-lobed, cleft 3/4 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base rounded-cuneate, truncate, or subcordate, surfaces puberulent and stipitate-glandular, lobes oblong to rounded, margins with 2–4 rounded teeth, apex rounded to broadly acute.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–4(–5)-flowered racemes, 4–6 cm, axis glabrous or pubescent, flowers evenly spaced.

spreading, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis pilose or puberulent and stipitate-glandular.

not jointed, 4–15 mm, glabrous;

bracts lanceolate, 1.2–3 mm, glabrous or finely ciliate.

not jointed, 1–9 mm, pilose and densely stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, pilose, rarely stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium white, pale greenish, greenish white, or cream, narrowly campanulate, 1.6–3 mm, glabrous, rarely very sparsely hirsute;

sepals not overlapping, sharply reflexed, white or very slightly pinkish, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–8 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white or very slightly pinkish with red veins, oblong to cuneate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.7–3.2 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2.5–3 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 6.5–9(–10) mm, finely pilose;

anthers cream to greenish, ovate-oblong, 0.8–1.6 mm, apex rounded;

ovary glabrous;

styles connate 1/2+ their lengths, 8–14 mm, pilose on proximal 1/2–3/4.

hypanthium greenish white, tubular, 4.5–5 mm, puberulent;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, cream, oblong-rounded, 5–7 mm;

petals not connivent, erect, white, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, inrolled and appearing tubular, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 4–5 times longer than petals;

filaments linear, 9–15 mm, pilose;

anthers reddish pink, oblong, 0.7–1.6 mm, apex rounded;

ovary with gland-tipped bristles;

styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 10–20 mm, glabrous.

palatable but sour, yellow-green, becoming blue-black to purple, globose, 5.5–12 mm, glabrous.

palatability not known, purplish, globose, 12 mm, spiny (spines with flattened apex).

= 16.