Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 0.5–2.5 cm;

blade simple, elliptic to oblong, 2–5 × 1–3 cm, margins shallowly lobed to deeply and regularly pinnatifid with 3–6 lobes per side, lobe margins entire or occasionally coarsely lobed, base cuneate and decurrent.

petiolate;

petiole 0.2–0.5 cm;

blade simple, elliptic, 0.9–6.8 × 0.6–2.2 cm, margins entire, base acute to attenuate or decurrent.

extra-axillary, unbranched, umbel-like, 1–6-flowered, 1–3 cm.

leaf-opposed, unbranched, 5–20-flowered, 0.3–1.2 cm.

spreading and 0.5–1.5 cm in flower, reflexed and 0.5–1.5 cm in fruit.

ca. 0.5 cm in flower, ca. 1.2 cm and erect in fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx accrescent and covering base of berry, unarmed, 2–4(–7) mm, moderately pubescent, lobes deltate, reflexed;

corolla white or light purple with green or purplish central star, stellate, 0.5–1 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers narrowly ellipsoidal, 2.5–4 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

radially symmetric;

calyx somewhat accrescent, unarmed, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous, lobes deltoid;

corolla white, often tinged with lavender, stellate, 0.7–1 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

shiny dark green to purplish black, globose, 0.8–2 cm diam., glabrous, with 13–30 sclerotic granules.

yellow to orange, globose, 0.7–1.2 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

yellow, plump, 2–3 × 2–2.5 mm, minutely pitted.

pale yellow or tan, flattened, ca. 3 × 2.5 mm, minutely pitted.

= 24.

= 24.