Flora of North America species comparison

erect, stellate-puberulent.

stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, subulate, 5–6 mm, subequal to petiole;

petiole 5–7 mm, 1/10–1/4 length of blade, stellate-puberulent;

blade ± rhombic, 2.5–9 cm, smaller distally, 2–3(–4) times longer than wide, base usually cuneate, sometimes somewhat truncate to subcordate, margins serrate distally, entire basally, apex acute to subobtuse, surfaces stellate-puberulent or glabrescent adaxially.

stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, linear to falcate, 5–7 mm, 1/2–1 times length of petiole;

petiole 2–10 mm, to 1/4 length of blade, obscurely puberulent;

blade narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 2–4.5 cm, 6–15 times longer than wide, base truncate, margins dentate to base, apex acute, surfaces sparsely hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

axillary solitary flowers.

axillary, solitary flowers, usually congested apically.

slender, (1–)3–4 cm, 4–6 times length of calyx, much shorter than to ± equaling subtending leaf, at least distalmost.

usually to 1 cm, subequal to calyx, much shorter than subtending leaf.

calyx ribbed, 5–6 mm, puberulent, lobes ovate;

petals yellow, 7–9 mm;

staminal column hairy;

style 10–14-branched.

calyx ribbed, 6–7 mm, minutely hairy, lobes triangular;

petals yellow-orange to reddish, sometimes drying lavender, 10–12 mm;

style 10–12-branched.

subconic, 4–5 mm diam., glabrous;

mericarps 10–14, 3–4 mm, laterally reticulate, apex muticous to spined, sometimes 1-spined through failure of dehiscence, glabrous.

oblate, 6–7 mm diam., apically puberulent;

mericarps 10–12, 3 mm, obscurely reticulate laterally, apex muticous.

= 14, 28.

= ca. 14.