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 1–4 cm, glandular-pubescent;

blade round-ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 1.5–2.5 cm, base shallowly cordate, surfaces paler and usually pubescent and glandular abaxially, sparsely pubescent adaxially, lobes rounded, shallowly cleft, margins crenate-dentate, apex rounded.

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

pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 4–6 cm, axis stipitate-glandular.

not jointed, 4–15 mm, glabrous;

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

not jointed, 3–4 mm, densely stipitate-glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 2–3 mm, 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 with strong reddish tinge abaxially, narrowly campanulate, 3.5–5.5 mm, sparsely pilose;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, bright red, narrowly oblong, 10–13 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white or pinkish, broadly flabelliform but usually inrolled on edges, 4–5(–7) mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 8–14 mm, glabrous;

anthers purple or red, oval, 1.2–2 mm, apex rounded;

ovary glandular;

styles connate 2/5–3/5 their lengths, 8–14 mm, glabrous.

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

palatable, reddish brown, globose-ellipsoid, 10–15(–20) mm, coarsely setose-glandular, not prickly.

= 16.