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 3–6 cm, puberulent with stalked glands;

blade pentagonal with nearly parallel sides, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 2 middle sinuses deepest, to 8.5 cm, base broadly truncate to shallowly cordate, surfaces not glandular, ± hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lateral lobes (directed forward), broadly triangular to ovate-triangular, margins coarsely bicrenate-dentate, apex acute.

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

pendent, 6–13-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely pubescent, glands short-stipitate, flowers evenly spaced.

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

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

jointed, 1–4 mm, short stipitate-glandular;

bracts ovate-orbiculate to oblong, 1.5–2 mm, 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 dark reddish purple or greenish white and strongly purplish-maculate or tinged, saucer-shaped, to 1 mm, glabrous;

sepals with adjacent lobes overlapping, spreading, greenish purple, cuneate-rhombic, 2 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, reddish purple, spatulate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1 mm;

nectary disc prominent, reddish purple, 5-lobed, covering top of ovary;

stamens nearly as long as petals;

filaments linear, 0.2–0.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, transversely oblong-cordate, 0.2–0.3 mm, apex shallowly notched (anther sacs almost adjacent);

ovary glabrous;

styles connate 1/3–3/4 their lengths, 1–1.2 mm, glabrous.

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

sour-tasting, red, ovoid, 6–10 mm, glabrous.