Flora of North America species comparison

1–several, clustered, erect or ascending from slightly decumbent base, unbranched or branched, solid, infrequently hollow in robust plants, sometimes glaucous, proximally usually coarsely, densely to moderately bristly-hirsute, hairs often pustulose to sparsely stellate-hairy, sometimes glabrous, distally usually minutely puberulent or glabrous.

scattered, ascending-decumbent or creeping, freely rooting, solid, flowering stems ascending to erect, proximal and midstem densely spreading-long-hirsute, bristles 2–3 mm, often on swollen pads, rarely subglabrous, base without stellate hairs, distally somewhat stellate-puberulent.

basal and cauline, cauline 3+;

stipules linear to wide-lanceolate, 4–8 × 1–2 mm;

petioles of proximalmost leaves 10–25 cm, reduced distally to shorter than blade, to 5 times blade length;

blade fleshy, margins often short-ciliate, surfaces sparsely hairy, less so adaxially, hairs simple-hirsute to stellate, appressed, basal orbiculate, unlobed, margins crenate, or shallowly 5–7(–9)-lobed, (1.5–) 2–6(–8) × (1.5–)2–6(–8) cm, base cordate, apex rounded, lobes with margins crenate to dentate, apex acute, distal cauline highly reduced or not, deeply, palmately (3–)5–7(–9)-lobed, smaller, ultimate divisions linear, margins entire.

basal and cauline;

stipules on prostrate stems wide-lanceolate to ovate, 5–7 × 2–5 mm, elsewhere 3–6 × 1.3–2 mm;

petiole 3–8(–15) cm, longest on basal leaves, proximalmost 3 times blade length, reduced distally;

blades: proximalmost suborbiculate, unlobed or very shallowly lobed, 2.5–5 × 2.5–5 cm, base wide-cordate, margins deeply crenate, apex rounded, surfaces usually bristly, hairs long, simple, to subglabrous, not stellate-hairy;

distal rather similar to proximalmost or more deeply palmately 3–5(–7)-lobed or toothed, lobes simple or 3-dentate.

erect to ascending, open or dense, calyces not conspicuously overlapping except sometimes in bud, unbranched or branched, 20+-flowered, proximal flowers spaced 1+ cm apart, elongate, sometimes 1-sided, 10–25 cm, elongating in fruit;

bracts linear to lanceolate, undivided or deeply 2-fid, 4–10 mm, usually equaling or longer than pedicels.

erect, open or some flowers overlapping, calyces not conspicuously overlapping except sometimes in bud, unbranched, usually 2–10-flowered, flowers 1+ cm apart, not much elongated, usually 1-sided, (5–)10–20 cm;

bracts linear or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 2-fid, usually inrolled, proximal separated to base, 2–4 mm, usually equaling or slightly longer than pedicels, much shorter than calyx.

5–8(–40) mm, equaling to much longer than calyx in fruit;

involucellar bractlets absent.

2–5 mm;

involucellar bractlets absent.

bisexual or, less frequently, unisexual and pistillate, plants gynodioecious;

calyx 5–8(–10) mm, often accrescent, sparsely hairy, hairs simple, to 1 mm, pustulose, sometimes small, stellate, infrequently glandular, surface not obscured;

petals pale pinkish rose or pale lavender-purple, bases paler, rarely white, veins usually pale, (6–)10–20(–25) mm, pistillate 8–12 mm, bisexual 18–20 mm;

staminal column 5–6 mm, hispid-puberulent;

anthers white;

stigmas (7 or)8 or 9.

bisexual;

calyx (6.5–)8–10 mm, somewhat accrescent, stellate-puberulent, marginal hairs longer, sometimes few glandular, multicellular, lobes sometimes dull purplish at tips;

petals dark pink to pale lavender-pink, usually pale-veined, 12–20 mm;

staminal column 6–7 mm, minutely hirtellous;

anthers white;

stigmas (6–)8–10.

1.5 mm.

1.5–2 mm.

5 mm diam.;

mericarps (7 or)8 or 9, 2–3 mm, ± glabrous, sides thin, smooth to slightly reticulate-veined, not pitted, mucro 0.5–0.8(–1) mm.

6 mm diam.;

mericarps (6–)8–10, 3 mm, roughened, top, back, mucro densely stellate-puberulent, deeply reticulate-veined, pitted, mucro 1 mm.

= 20.

= 20.