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 1–2.5 cm, pilose and with long-stalked glands, proximal hairs plumose;

blade roundish, 3-lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base broadly cuneate, surfaces with pilose hairs and punctate glands abaxially, pilose, glandular adaxially, lobes rounded, parallel-sided, margins toothed, apex rounded.

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

spreading, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 3–6 cm, axis glandular or short stipitate-glandular and sparsely lanate to sparsely pilose, sometimes nearly glabrous, flowers evenly spaced.

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

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

not jointed, 6–16 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate or pilose, glandular or eglandular;

bracts lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm, ciliate, with some glandular hairs on margins.

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 white, broadly campanulate, 1–2 mm, scattered-hairy to subvillous;

sepals not overlapping, spreading, white, oblanceolate, 7.5–9 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white, rhombic, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.2–2 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 4–5 times longer than petals;

filaments slightly expanded to base, 6–7.5 mm, pilose;

anthers cream, oblong-oval, 0.7–0.8 mm, apex rounded;

ovary pilose, sessile- and short stipitate-glandular;

styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 8–11 mm, copiously pilose-villous to above midlength.

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

palatability not known, greenish to reddish purple, globose, 7–12 mm, glabrous or hairy and glandular.