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 to 3 cm, puberulent and stipitate-glandular;

blade obovate to rotund, 3-lobed, cleft 3/4 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base rounded-cuneate, truncate, or subcordate, surfaces puberulent and stipitate-glandular, lobes oblong to rounded, margins with 2–4 rounded teeth, apex rounded to broadly acute.

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

spreading, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis pilose or puberulent and stipitate-glandular.

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

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

not jointed, 1–9 mm, pilose and densely stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, pilose, rarely 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 greenish white, tubular, 4.5–5 mm, puberulent;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, cream, oblong-rounded, 5–7 mm;

petals not connivent, erect, white, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, inrolled and appearing tubular, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 4–5 times longer than petals;

filaments linear, 9–15 mm, pilose;

anthers reddish pink, oblong, 0.7–1.6 mm, apex rounded;

ovary with gland-tipped bristles;

styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 10–20 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, purplish, globose, 12 mm, spiny (spines with flattened apex).