Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or decumbent, 0.3–2.5 dm.

not seen.

(proximal) petiole to 1 cm or (distal and bracts) subsessile;

blade 2.5–4.5 cm (smaller distally), margins pinnatifid to pinnatisect (less divided distally);

lobes 2–4 on each side, oblong to linear, 0.3–1.5 cm × 1–3 mm, shorter than terminal, margins entire.

sepals 1.2–2 × 0.7–0.9 mm, glabrous;

petals (not with purple tinge), oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.6–2.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm, cuneate into short claw;

filaments 1.2–1.7 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.4 mm.

divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–10(–28) mm, pilose.

obdeltoid, 4–5 × 4–5 mm, length equal to width;

valves 2, thin-leathery proximally, thick-leathery to subwoody and tuberculate-rugose on outside distally, puberulent, trichomes simple, antrorse, these sometimes mixed with minute, 1-forked ones;

septum present;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 0.3–0.9 mm.

brown, 1.2–1.5 × 0.6–0.9 mm.