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 0.8–2 cm, glabrous or short-pilose;

blade obovate to rotund, 3-lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, 1.5–5 cm, base widely cuneate to truncate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent, lobes oblong, margins with rounded teeth, apex acute.

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

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular.

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

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

not jointed, 4–7 mm, glabrous;

bracts ovate, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous or with few short glands.

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, tubular-campanulate to narrowly tubular, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, green suffused with red, oblanceolate, 3.5–5 mm;

petals not connivent, erect, cream with green or reddish tint, spatulate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2–2.5 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2.5–4 times longer than petals;

filaments linear, 6–8 mm, pilose;

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

ovary glabrous;

styles connate to middle, 6–8 mm, villous in proximal 1/2.

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

palatable, pale purple, globose, 7–12 mm, glabrous.