Flora of North America species comparison

perennial, creeping, sparsely hairy, glabrescent, eglandular, not pruinose;

prickles sparse, strongly retrorse, stout, to 1 mm, broad-based.

usually creeping, ± woody basally, sparsely to densely hairy, eglandular, not pruinose;

prickles absent or sparse, erect, weak, 1–3 mm, narrow-based.

evergreen, simple or ternate;

stipules adnate to petioles, broadly elliptic to ovate, (6–)8–10 mm;

blade ovate to cordate, (2.5–)3–5(–8) cm, lobe or leaflet base cordate, shallowly 3-lobed, margins coarsely, singly or doubly dentate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surfaces with prickles along midveins, glabrous or sparsely hairy, eglandular, both surfaces lustrous fresh.

deciduous, ternate;

stipules free from petioles, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 6–11 mm;

petiole 2–11 cm;

petiolule of terminal leaflet 8–20 mm;

lateral leaflet sessile or subsessile;

terminal leaflets ovate to elliptic, 4–8 × 3–7 cm, base tapered, unlobed, lateral leaflets sometimes shallowly lobed, margins coarsely doubly serrate, apex acute, abaxial surfaces unarmed, sparsely hairy, eglandular.

1–2-flowered.

axillary, 1–6-flowered, cymiform or umbelliform.

prickles scattered, retrorse, moderately to densely hairy, eglandular.

unarmed or prickles weak, erect, hairy, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular.

bisexual;

petals magenta to pink, elliptic to oblanceolate or spatulate, (5–)8–10 mm;

filaments filiform;

ovaries moderately hairy, styles glabrous.

bisexual;

petals greenish white, narrowly obovate, 5.5–7 mm;

filaments laminar;

ovaries glabrous.

red, hemispheric, 0.4–1 cm;

drupelets 3–10, not coherent, separating from torus.

red, globose, 0.5–1.5 cm;

drupelets 1–10, not or weakly coherent, separating with torus attached.

= 14.

= 28.