Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 1–5 cm;

blade simple, lanceolate to oblong, 5–15 × 0.5–3 cm, margins undulate, subentire to sinuate or shallowly lobed, lobe margins entire, base truncate to cuneate.

petiolate;

petiole 2–7 cm;

blade simple to compound, broadly ovate to deltate, 4–11 × 4–8 cm, margins bipinnately lobed to divided with 2–3 main leaflets per side, leaflets with obtuse or rounded lobes, base truncate.

extra-axillary, unbranched, 3–5(–7)-flowered, 3–5 cm.

extra-axillary, unbranched, 5–9-flowered, 4–10 cm.

1–3 cm in flower, reflexed and 1–3 cm in fruit.

1–1.5 cm in flower, erect and 1–1.5 cm in fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, unarmed or with sparse prickles, 5–10 mm, densely silvery-stellate-pubescent, lobes linear-lanceolate;

corolla pale to deep blue or violet, rarely white, pentagonal-stellate, 2–3(–3.5) cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers narrow and tapered, 6–9 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores;

ovary glabrous to densely stellate-pubescent.

bilaterally symmetric;

calyx accrescent and tightly covering fruit, densely prickly, 4.5–6.5 mm, densely glandular-pubescent, lobes lanceolate;

corolla violet or blue, pentagonal-stellate, with narrowly deltate lobes, 1–1.5 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;

stamens unequal, lowermost much longer and curved;

anthers narrow and tapered, dehiscent by terminal pores, short anthers 2–4 mm, longer anther 3.5–5 mm;

ovary glabrous.

yellow to orange, drying brown or black, globose, 0.5–1.5 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

brown, globose, 1–1.2 cm diam., glabrous, dry, without sclerotic granules.

yellowish, flattened, 3–5 × 2–4 mm, minutely pitted.

dark brown, flattened, 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm, reticulately wrinkled or merely undulate.

= 24, 48, 72.