Flora of North America species comparison

erect, finely pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

spines at nodes absent;

prickles on internodes absent.

erect or recurving, (rooting at nodes), glabrous or, rarely, pubescent;

spines at nodes 2–3, 5–16 mm;

prickles on internodes absent.

petiole 2–7 cm, puberulent, short stipitate-glandular;

blade broadly reniform or cordate-orbiculate to deltate-ovate, nearly equally to irregularly 5-lobed, cleft nearly 1/4 to midrib, 2–7 cm, base subtruncate to cordate, surfaces puberulent to whitish-tomentose abaxially, puberulent adaxially or puberulent and colorless, sessile-glandular on both surfaces, lobes deltate to obtuse, margins finely 2–3 times crenate and denticulate or serrate, apex broadly acute.

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 to stiffly spreading or ascending or erect, 5–40-flowered racemes, 5–15 cm, axis crisped-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

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

jointed, 5–10 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts oblanceolate or lanceolate, 2–12 mm, with scattered, short hairs and stalked glands.

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

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, pilose, rarely stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium white, pink, rose, or red, tubular to campanulate, 3–7 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

sepals not overlapping, spreading or reflexed, white, pink, or red, ovate-elliptic or oblong to oblanceolate or lanceolate, 4–5 mm;

petals not or nearly connivent to connivent, erect, white or pink to red, obovate-spatulate to oblong or almost square, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1–3.5 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens shorter than to as long as petals;

filaments linear or slightly expanded at base, 1.2–2 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oblong-oval, 0.5–0.8 mm, apex shallowly notched;

ovary stipitate-glandular to strongly stipitate-glandular and crisped-puberulent;

styles connate nearly to stigmas, 4–6 mm, glabrous or with scattered, stipitate glands at base.

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 but insipid, blue-black, glaucous, ovoid or globose, 3–9(–10) mm, yellowish or greenish stipitate-glandular.

palatability not known, purplish, globose, 12 mm, spiny (spines with flattened apex).

= 16.