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.

petiole 2–2.5 cm, puberulent;

blade roundish, irregularly 3(–5)-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, 2–5 cm, base broadly truncate, surfaces hairy, stipitate-glandular, lobes broadly cuneate, sides mostly straight or concave, margins very irregularly blunt-toothed, apex rounded.

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

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–1.5 cm, axis villous, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

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

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

not jointed, 2–4 mm, villous, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, villous, 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.

hypanthium green, campanulate, 2–4 mm (as wide as long), sparsely pubescent to villous;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, green to white, narrowly oblong, abaxially shallowly concave, 6 mm;

petals separated, erect, white, oblong-truncate, somewhat inrolled, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens shorter than to as long as petals;

filaments linear, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, narrowly oblong, 1–1.8 mm, apex blunt;

ovary densely villous with some gland-tipped bristles;

styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 4–6 mm, glabrous.

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

palatability not known, light yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, hairs nonglandular, bristles glandular, developing into spines.