Flora of North America species comparison

petiole (0.8–)1–5(–10) cm, pubescent, sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular;

blade suborbiculate to reniform, 3- or 5-lobed, cleft 1/4–1/3 to midrib, (1–)2.6–6.5(–8.5) cm, base deeply cordate, surfaces sparsely stipitate-glandular (otherwise nearly glabrous) to downy along veins, copiously soft-pubescent and glandular, lobes rounded, margins irregularly 1 or 2 times coarsely crenate-dentate, apex rounded to broadly acute.

petiole 0.5–1.5 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

blade round-ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft nearly 1/3 to midrib, 1–3.5 cm, base shallowly cordate, surfaces villous, stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins with 2–5 rounded teeth, apex rounded.

erect to somewhat pendent, (3–)6–17-flowered racemes, 3–10 cm (shorter than leaves), axis copiously pubescent and stipitate-glandular, flowers clustered at end of peduncle.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 3.5–4.5 cm, axis stipitate-glandular and pilose.

jointed, (2.7–)3.5–10(–12) mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, (5–)6–8.5(–12) mm, stipitate-glandular.

not jointed, 5–10 mm, pilose, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate, 1–2 mm, pilose, stipitate-glandular.

hypanthium greenish, greenish yellow, or yellowish white, sometimes strongly pinkish or purplish tinged, campanulate to tubular-campanulate, (4.5–)7–8 mm, sparsely to densely hairy and stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

sepals not overlapping, spreading at anthesis, becoming erect, whitish green, sometimes tinged with pink or purple, lanceolate-elliptic, (3.5–)4–7 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white or cream, obovate-spatulate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2.5–4 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens nearly as long as petals;

filaments broadened at base, 1.2–3 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oblong-oval, 1–1.8 mm, apex with cup-shaped gland;

ovary glabrous or minutely hairy and strongly stipitate-glandular;

styles connate nearly to stigmas, 6–9.5 mm, glabrous.

hypanthium green, conic to campanulate, 3–4 mm, sericeous;

sepals not overlapping, strongly reflexed, greenish red, long-triangular, 6–8 mm;

petals connivent, erect, white, oblong-deltate-spatulate, strongly concave abaxially, 4–6 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens 2 times as long as petals;

filaments linear, 1–1.3 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream, oblong, 1.5–1.8 mm, apex blunt or rounded;

ovary pubescent, copiously glandular-bristly;

styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 15 mm, glabrous.

palatable, dark bluish black, ovoid, (8–)10–15 mm, glabrous or ± hairy and stipitate-glandular.

palatability not known, purple, globose, 15–25 mm, glandular-bristly.