Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petioles twining around supports, 1–4 cm;

blade simple to compound, elliptic to broadly ovate, (2–)3.5–10(–13) × (1–)2–9(–11) cm, margins entire to divided with up to 4 pairs of leaflets, leaflet margins entire, base truncate or slightly cordate.

petiolate;

petiole 1–4 cm;

blade simple, ovate, 4–16 × 2–6 cm, margins shallowly to moderately lobed with 2–5 lobes per side, lobe margins entire, base cuneate and slightly decurrent.

terminal, becoming lateral, extra-axillary, much-branched, to 100+-flowered, to 25+ cm.

extra-axillary, unbranched, 3–10-flowered, 1–4 cm.

inserted into small sleeve on inflorescence axis, 0.8–1.4 cm in flower and fruit.

0.5–2 cm in flower and fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, unarmed, ca. 0.5 mm, nearly truncate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on lobe tips;

corolla purple, stellate, 1–2.5 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;

stamens unequal due to unequal filaments;

anthers ellipsoidal, 2–3 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores;

ovary glabrous.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, sometimes prickly, 2–5 mm, glabrous, lobes narrowly triangular;

corolla white to cream, stellate, 1.5–2 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers narrow and tapered, 4–6 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores;

ovary glabrous.

bright shiny red, globose, 0.8–1.5 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

red, globose, 0.5–0.8 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

pale yellowish tan, flattened, 4–4.5 × 2.5-3 mm, minutely pitted.

yellow, flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, minutely pitted and ridged.

or scrambling vines, woody, unarmed, to ca. 3 m, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs white, unbranched, ca. 0.2 mm.

= 24.