Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 3–6 cm;

blade simple, ovate to suborbiculate, 7–10(–20) × 6–8(–15) cm, margins coarsely lobed with 3–5 lobes per side, lobe margins entire to coarsely toothed, base truncate to cordate.

petiolate;

petiole 0.5–5 cm;

blade simple, elliptic or ovate to cordate, 2.5–12 × 1.2–9 cm, margins entire to deeply pinnatifid and usually 3-lobed near base, lobe margins entire, base truncate to cordate.

extra-axillary, sessile or nearly so, unbranched, 3–5-flowered.

terminal or lateral, extra-axillary, much-branched, 7–40-flowered, (1–)4–15 cm.

0.7–1.1 cm in flower, 1–2 cm in fruit.

inserted into a small sleeve on the inflorescence axis, 0.6–1.2 cm in flower and fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx somewhat accrescent, unarmed or sparsely prickly, 3–4 mm, densely pubescent, lobes triangular;

corolla greenish or whitish, stellate, 1.5–2.5 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers narrow and tapered, 5.5–7(–10) mm, dehiscent by terminal pores;

ovary densely pubescent, hairs glandular and eglandular.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 1–2 mm, glabrous to densely pubescent, lobes triangular, shallow;

corolla purple (rarely white), with green and white shiny spots at base of each lobe, deeply stellate, 1.5–2 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers oblong, slightly tapered, 4.5–6 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that often open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

light green mottled with dark green when young, yellow when ripe, globose, (1.5–)2–3 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

bright shiny red, globose to ellipsoidal, 0.5–1.5 × 0.5–1 cm, glabrous, without sclerotic granules.

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

pale yellow or tan, flattened, 2–3 mm diam., minutely pitted.

, climbing or scrambling, herbaceous or woody, unarmed, to 8–10 m, sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs unbranched and/or dendritic, rarely glabrous.

= 24.

= 24.