Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 0.5–3 cm;

blade simple, ovate, 3.5–7 × 2.2–5 cm, margins entire to coarsely toothed with 3–5 lobes per side, base truncate to cuneate.

petiolate;

petiole 1–4 cm;

blade simple, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 2–10.5 × 1–4.5 cm, margins entire or shallowly sinuate-dentate, base decurrent.

extra-axillary, unbranched or occasionally forked, racemelike, (3–)4–10-flowered, 1–2 cm.

extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, unbranched, usually umbel-like, 3–10-flowered, 0.5–3 cm.

0.5–1 cm, spreading to occasionally recurved in flower and fruit.

erect or spreading, 0.3–1 cm in flower, to 1.5 cm in fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 1.5–2 mm, sparsely pubescent, lobes deltate, spreading to reflexed in fruit;

corolla white with yellowish central star, stellate, 1–1.5 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers ellipsoidal, (1.8–)2–2.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

radially symmetric;

calyx somewhat accrescent, unarmed, 1–3 mm, lobes deltate, strongly reflexed in fruit;

corolla white, sometimes with yellowish central star, stellate, 0.4–0.8 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers ellipsoidal, 0.7–1.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

dull or slightly shiny purple-black or green to yellowish green, globose, 0.5–1 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

shiny purplish black, globose, 0.5–1 cm diam., glabrous, with (0–)2–4(–6) sclerotic granules, usually 2–4 larger and 2 smaller.

yellow, flattened, 1.8–2 × 1.5–1.6 mm, minutely pitted.

pale yellow to brown, 1–1.5 × 0.5–1.5 mm, minutely pitted.

= 72.

= 24.