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 2–2.5 cm, puberulent;

blade roundish, irregularly 3(–5)-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, 2–5 cm, base broadly truncate, surfaces hairy, stipitate-glandular, lobes broadly cuneate, sides mostly straight or concave, margins very irregularly blunt-toothed, 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, 1–1.5 cm, axis villous, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced.

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, 2–4 mm, villous, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, villous, 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, campanulate, 2–4 mm (as wide as long), sparsely pubescent to villous;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, green to white, narrowly oblong, abaxially shallowly concave, 6 mm;

petals separated, erect, white, oblong-truncate, somewhat inrolled, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens shorter than to as long as petals;

filaments linear, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, narrowly oblong, 1–1.8 mm, apex blunt;

ovary densely villous with some gland-tipped bristles;

styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 4–6 mm, glabrous.

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

palatability not known, light yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, hairs nonglandular, bristles glandular, developing into spines.