Flora of North America species comparison

several, clustered, erect, solid, often glaucous proximally, base sparsely, finely to coarsely stellate-hairy or hispid, hairs smaller distally.

scattered, ascending-decumbent or creeping, freely rooting, solid, flowering stems ascending to erect, proximal and midstem densely spreading-long-hirsute, bristles 2–3 mm, often on swollen pads, rarely subglabrous, base without stellate hairs, distally somewhat stellate-puberulent.

2–5 per stem, mostly basal;

stipules linear-lanceolate, 3–6 × 1 mm;

petiole (4–)5–10 cm, reduced on cauline leaves, proximal 1–4 times as long as blade, distal 1/2 times to as long as blade;

blade fleshy, glaucous, rather densely stellate-hairy, proximalmost usually shallowly to deeply, ternately, palmately 5–7-lobed, 1.5–3 × 1.5–4 cm, lobes obovate, margins crenate-dentate, distal deeply 3–7-lobed, lobes linear, distalmost 2–4 cm wide.

basal and cauline;

stipules on prostrate stems wide-lanceolate to ovate, 5–7 × 2–5 mm, elsewhere 3–6 × 1.3–2 mm;

petiole 3–8(–15) cm, longest on basal leaves, proximalmost 3 times blade length, reduced distally;

blades: proximalmost suborbiculate, unlobed or very shallowly lobed, 2.5–5 × 2.5–5 cm, base wide-cordate, margins deeply crenate, apex rounded, surfaces usually bristly, hairs long, simple, to subglabrous, not stellate-hairy;

distal rather similar to proximalmost or more deeply palmately 3–5(–7)-lobed or toothed, lobes simple or 3-dentate.

erect, open, calyces not conspicuously overlapping except sometimes in bud, branched or unbranched, nearly scapose, often 20+-flowered, slender, elongate, 1-sided or not, 6–30 cm;

bracts inconspicuous, linear, 2-fid, 2–4 mm, shorter than calyx and pedicels.

erect, open or some flowers overlapping, calyces not conspicuously overlapping except sometimes in bud, unbranched, usually 2–10-flowered, flowers 1+ cm apart, not much elongated, usually 1-sided, (5–)10–20 cm;

bracts linear or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 2-fid, usually inrolled, proximal separated to base, 2–4 mm, usually equaling or slightly longer than pedicels, much shorter than calyx.

2–8(–10) mm;

involucellar bractlets absent.

2–5 mm;

involucellar bractlets absent.

bisexual;

calyx 5–8 mm, uniformly, densely stellate-puberulent or few with longer rays;

petals pale pink-lavender, veins paler, 10–15 mm;

staminal column 4–5 mm, hairy;

anthers white;

stigmas 5 or 6.

bisexual;

calyx (6.5–)8–10 mm, somewhat accrescent, stellate-puberulent, marginal hairs longer, sometimes few glandular, multicellular, lobes sometimes dull purplish at tips;

petals dark pink to pale lavender-pink, usually pale-veined, 12–20 mm;

staminal column 6–7 mm, minutely hirtellous;

anthers white;

stigmas (6–)8–10.

1 mm.

1.5–2 mm.

5 mm diam.;

mericarps 5 or 6, 2.5 mm, sparsely glandular-puberulent, roughened, back reticulate-veined, sides strongly so, not pitted, mucro 0.1–0.3 mm.

6 mm diam.;

mericarps (6–)8–10, 3 mm, roughened, top, back, mucro densely stellate-puberulent, deeply reticulate-veined, pitted, mucro 1 mm.

= 20.

= 20.