Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 1–5 cm;

blade simple, ovate to elliptic, 7–23 × 4–14 cm, margins subentire to coarsely lobed with 3–4 lobes per side, lobe margins entire to coarsely lobed, base truncate to subcordate and asymmetrical.

petiolate;

petiole 1–3.5 cm;

blade simple, ovate-lanceolate, 3–10 × 2–5 cm, margins entire to sinuate-dentate, base cuneate to truncate.

extra-axillary, unbranched or branched, 10–20-flowered, to 6 cm.

extra-axillary, forked, umbel-like or racemelike, 6–14-flowered, 1.5–3 cm.

1–1.5 cm in flower, erect and 1.5–2.5 cm in fruit.

straight and spreading and 0.5–1 cm in flower, strongly reflexed and 0.5–1 cm in fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx slightly accrescent, unarmed, 4–8 mm, sparsely to moderately pubescent with unbranched, gland-tipped hairs, lobes lanceolate;

corolla white, stellate, 2–3 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

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

ovary glabrous or glandular-puberulent at apex.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 3–4 mm, sparsely pubescent, lobes obtuse;

corolla white to pale purple with yellowish or greenish central star, stellate, 1–2 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers ellipsoidal, 2.5–3.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

green to yellow, globose, 1–1.5 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

dull green to purple, globose, 0.5–0.9 cm diam., glabrous, with 6–14 sclerotic granules per fruit.

light brown, flattened, 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm, minutely pitted.

pale yellow to light brown, flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, finely reticulate.

= 24.

= 72.