Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 1–8 cm;

blade simple, elliptic to ovate, 11–31 × 4–14 cm, margins entire, base acute, often with smaller axillary leaves.

petiolate;

petiole 1–5 cm;

blade simple, ovate, 4–13 × 3–12 cm, margins deeply lobed with 2–4 lobes per side, these with additional coarse, acute teeth or shallow lobes, base cordate.

terminal, becoming leaf-opposed, much-branched, 50–100-flowered, 5–24 cm.

extra-axillary, unbranched, 1–3(–6)-flowered, 0.5–2(–5) cm.

erect and 0.2–0.5 cm in flower and fruit.

0.5–1 cm in flower, 1–2 cm in fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx slightly accrescent, unarmed, 4–7.5 mm, densely pubescent, lobes deltate;

corolla purple, stellate-pentagonal, 1–1.5 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers oblong, 2–3.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary tomentose.

radially symmetric;

calyx somewhat accrescent and partially covering fruit, densely prickly, 4–6 mm, densely stellate-pubescent, lobes narrowly triangular;

corolla white, bluish white, blue, or lilac, rotate-campanulate, 1–1.5 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers narrow and tapered, 2–5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores;

ovary glabrous.

yellow, globose, 1–1.5 cm diam., tomentose, without sclerotic granules.

purplish, greenish, or yellowish, globose, 1.5–2 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

yellowish brown, flattened, 1.5–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm, minutely pitted.

yellowish brown, flattened, 1.8–3 × 1.4–2 mm, pustulate.

= 24.