Flora of North America species comparison

basal and cauline, (basal persistent, compact);

petiole absent (cuneate base ± petiolelike);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (2–)3(–5)-toothed or shallowly lobed apically, rarely unlobed (distal often so), (lobes forwardly directed), (2–)4–15 mm, slightly fleshy, margins entire, stipitate glandular-ciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrate to stipitate-glandular.

basal and cauline, (basal usually ephemeral, gradually dying through growing season, cauline conspicuous, reduced distally);

petiole flattened, (5–)10–60(–90) mm;

blade round to reniform, 3–7(–9)-lobed usually less than halfway to midvein (distal unlobed), (3–)5–18(–20) mm, slightly fleshy, margins entire, eciliate or sometimes sparsely glandular-ciliate, apex rounded, sometimes acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular.

(2–)6–15(–40)-flowered thyrses, (1–)4–25 cm, densely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular;

bracts sessile.

2(–5)-flowered paniculate or racemelike thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, (flowers nodding in bud), some or all flowers but terminal one on each branch often replaced by bulbils, 3–30 cm, stipitate-glandular;

bracts (proximal ephemeral), petiolate or sessile.

sepals erect, (usually reddish purple), ovate or triangular to oblong, margins stipitate glandular-ciliate, surfaces stipitate-glandular;

petals white, not spotted, obovate to oblanceolate, (2–)3–6 mm, equaling or longer than sepals;

ovary inferior.

sepals erect, (sometimes reddish), oblong, margins glandular-ciliate, surfaces short-stipitate-glandular;

petals white, not spotted, obovate to spatulate, 5–12 mm, longer than sepals;

ovary superior.

= 22.

= 24, 36, 48, 52, 56, 60, 70, 72.