Flora of North America species comparison

clustered, usually erect or ascending, sometimes proximally decumbent or prostrate, not rooting, solid, sparsely to densely appressed stellate-hairy.

1–20, clustered, erect to ascending or decumbent, usually not rooting, solid, proximally hairy, hairs simple, stellate, or mixed, 0.5–1.5 mm, distally usually stellate-hairy or glabrous.

mostly basal, persistent, to 10+;

stipules linear-lanceolate to elliptic, 5–6 × 2 mm on proximal stem, 4–5 × 0.5 mm on distal stem;

petiole 5.5–16 cm, basal 3–5 times longer than blades, reduced distally to 1/2 times as long as blades;

blades: basal reniform-orbiculate, palmately (5–)7–9-lobed, deeply incised, (1.5–)2.5–4(–6) × (1.5–)2.5–4(–6) cm, base cordate, margins entire, apex rounded to acute, lobes linear to oblong, again deeply pinnately or ternately 3–5-lobed;

cauline ternately lobed, lobes linear to filiform, narrowest on distalmost leaves, somewhat fleshy, surfaces hairy, hairs appressed, stellate;

distalmost leaf lobes unlobed.

mostly basal, cauline to 5, (plant sometimes scapose);

stipules linear to lanceolate, 2–8 × 1–1.5 mm;

petioles of basal leaves 5–10(–25) cm, often 5 times blade length, distally reduced to 1/2 times blade length;

blade orbiculate to reniform, 2–6(–8) × 2–6(–8) cm, base cordate, apex rounded, surfaces stellate-hairy abaxially, moderately minutely stellate-hairy to appressed-hairy adaxially, basal leaves usually shallowly 7-lobed, sometimes unlobed and margins crenate, cauline smaller, palmately 3–5-lobed ± to base, lobe margins entire or incised.

erect, open, calyces not conspicuously overlapping except sometimes in bud, usually unbranched, usually 3–9(–15)-flowered, elongate, 1-sided, to 7–25 cm;

bracts usually paired, linear or lanceolate to narrowly ovate, proximal divided to base, distalmost 2-fid or simple, 5 mm, shorter to longer than pedicels.

usually ascending, ± open, calyces not conspicuously overlapping except sometimes in bud, branched or unbranched, 10+-flowered, most flowers spaced 1+ cm apart, elongated, extending well above leaves, narrow, often 1-sided, (15–)30–45 cm;

bracts lanceolate, mostly 2-fid, proximal bracts divided ± to base, distal sometimes undivided.

3–8(–10) mm;

involucellar bractlets absent.

2–8(–15) mm;

involucellar bractlets absent.

usually bisexual or, infrequently, unisexual and pistillate, plants gynodioecious;

calyx (6–)7–10 mm, slightly enlarged in fruit, uniformly minutely stellate-puberulent;

petals pink to rose, pale-veined at least when dry, 9–20(–25) mm, pistillate shortest;

staminal column 3.3–7.5 mm, sparsely stellate-hairy;

anthers pale yellowish to white;

stigmas 6 or 7.

bisexual or unisexual and pistillate, plants gynodioecious;

calyx 6–10 mm, densely to sparsely stellate-puberulent, hairs usually longer, coarser, 2–4-rayed especially at margins and over veins;

petals pinkish rose to pinkish lavender or magenta, pale-veined or not, base often white, 10–25 mm, pistillate darker, 6–15 mm, bisexual 12–25(–30) mm;

staminal column 5–6 mm, puberulent;

anthers white;

stigmas (6 or)7–9.

1.5–2 mm.

2.5 mm.

5–7 mm diam.;

mericarps 6 or 7, 3.5–4.3 mm, roughened, back finely glandular-puberulent, sides and back coarsely reticulate-veined, pitted, mucro 0.5–1 mm.

5–6 mm diam.;

mericarps (6 or)7–9, 2.5–3 mm, roughened, glandular-puberulent, lightly to moderately reticulate-veined, pitted, mucro 0.5–1 mm.

= 20.

= 20, 40.