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 1–2 cm, pubescent;

blade pentangular, 3–5-lobed, deeply cleft, 2–5 cm, base cordate to broad-cuneate, surfaces pubescent, lobes obtuse, margins crenulate-dentate, apex obtuse.

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

spreading, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–3 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely lanate and stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

not jointed, 4–15 mm, glabrous;

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

not jointed, 2–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate;

bracts ovate, 1–3 mm, sparsely lanate, sparsely 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, short-campanulate, 4–6 mm, pubescent;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, greenish abaxially, pink adaxially, strap-shaped, 5–7 mm;

petals not connivent, erect, white, ovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times longer than petals;

filaments linear, 4–6 mm, glabrous;

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

ovary sparsely hairy;

styles connate to tip, ca. 6 mm, villous in proximal 1/2.

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

very palatable, greenish, ovoid, 10–20 mm, softly bristled.

= 16.