Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 0.6–1.8 cm, pubescent;

blade roundish, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/3–3/4 to midrib, 1.2–2.5 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces glabrous, softly ciliate, or puberulent or densely hoary-pubescent, not glandular abaxially, puberulent adaxially, lobes rounded, margins toothed, apex rounded.

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

not jointed, 1–2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts broadly ovate, 4–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium maroon, narrowly tubular, 6 mm (1/2 as long as sepals), glabrous, puberulent, or densely hoary-pubescent, not stipitate-glandular;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, maroon, lanceolate, 7–10 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white, oblong, inrolled, 3–5 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 1.5–2 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 4–5 mm, glabrous;

anthers maroon, lanceolate, somewhat sagittate, 3–4 mm, apex apiculate;

ovary white-hairy and bristly, a few bristles gland-tipped;

styles connate nearly to middle, 9–11 mm, glabrous.

palatable, purple, globose, 14–25 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular, longer hairs not gland-tipped, with long, stout, glandular or eglandular spines.