Flora of North America species comparison

erect to procumbent and vinelike, 10–20(–60) dm;

bark of canes green to light brown;

prickles infrastipular and internodal, single or paired, declined, usually curved, sometimes erect, stout, 3–4 × 7–9 mm, broad-based, sometimes mixed with aciculi, rarely absent.

erect or arching, (5–)10–20 dm, sparsely branched;

bark green when young, red to orange-red with age, proximally glaucous, glabrous;

infrastipular prickles absent, internodal prickles rare, sparse, distal aciculi rare.

deciduous, 8–12 cm;

stipules narrowly lanceolate, 12–15 × 0.5–3 mm, auricles flared, 3–4 mm, margins entire, sometimes fimbriate, stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, sparsely glandular;

petiole and rachis with or without pricklets, usually pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

leaflets 3 (mostly younger stems)–5 (older stems), terminal: petiolule 10–16 mm, blade ovate to elliptic-ovate, (30–)48(–70) × (20–)27(–40) mm, membranous or leathery, base rounded or obtuse, margins 1(–2)-serrate, teeth (18–)35(–42) per side, coarse, gland-tipped, apex usually acuminate, abaxial surfaces pale green, glabrous or pubescent to tomentose, sometimes sessile- and/or stipitate-glandular, adaxial darker green, dull, glabrous.

8.5–11 cm;

stipules (9–)15–25 × 4–6 mm, auricles usually flared, (2.5–)4–6 mm, margins entire or serrate, sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, sometimes pubescent, eglandular or glandular;

petiole and rachis with pricklets rare or absent, glabrous or puberulent to pubescent, sessile- or stipitate-glandular, sometimes eglandular;

leaflets 5–7(–9), terminal: petiolule 5–9(–13) mm, blade elliptic or ovate, sometimes obovate, (15–)25–40(–55) × (8–)12–20(–30) mm, membranous, margins 1-serrate, teeth 10–26 per side, acute, sometimes black gland-tipped, apex acute, sometimes obtuse, abaxial surfaces pale green, glabrous, sometimes pubescent or tomentulose, eglandular, adaxial green, dull to ± lustrous, glabrous, sometimes marginally hairy.

(1–)6(–15+)-flowered.

corymbs, 1–5(–10)-flowered.

15–25 mm, glabrous, stipitate-glandular;

bracts 1 or 2, narrowly lanceolate, 10–30 × 1–2 mm, margins short stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular.

erect, slender, 14–25 mm, glabrous, eglandular, rarely sparsely stipitate-glandular;

bracts 1 or 2, ovate-lanceolate, 14–20 × 2–8 mm, margins entire, sometimes undulate, irregularly serrate, short stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, glandular.

functionally unisexual or monoecious, plants dioecious, 3–5 cm diam.;

hypanthium ovoid, 4–6 × 4–5 mm, stipitate-glandular;

sepals narrowly to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 10–18 × 2–4 mm, margins entire, tip 3–4 × 0.5–1 mm, abaxial surfaces pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

petals single, rose-purple to pink, fading to white, 18–25 × 16–25 mm;

stamens 212;

carpels 20–25, styles glabrous, exsert 5–6 mm beyond stylar orifice rims (0.5 mm diam.), hypanthial disc 2–3 mm diam.

3–6(–7) cm diam.;

hypanthium ovoid or globose, 4–5 × 4.5–5 mm, glabrous, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular, neck (0–)0.5–0.8 × 3–3.5 mm;

sepals usually erect usually forming a beak-cap or ± reflexed, ovate-lanceolate, (12–)20–30 × 2.5–3.5 mm, tip 2.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire or pinnatifid, abaxial surfaces glabrous, stipitate-glandular, rarely eglandular;

petals single, pink or rose, 13–26 × 12–26 mm;

stamens 115;

carpels 32–55, styles exsert 1–2 mm beyond stylar orifice (1.5 mm diam.) of hypanthial disc (4 mm diam.).

bright red, subglobose to globose, 6–10 × 6–9 mm, firm, sparsely stipitate-glandular often undeveloped because of dioecy, then early deciduous.

red, subglobose to globose, sometimes ellipsoid, urceolate, or pyriform, 8–11 × 8–11 mm, fleshy, glabrous, eglandular, rarely sparsely stipitate-glandular, neck (0–)0.5–1(–1.5) × 3.5–4.5 mm;

sepals persistent, erect or reflexed.

17–22, fawn, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm.

basiparietal, 26, tan, 3.5–4 × 1.5–3 mm.

= 14.

= 14.