The flowers of this species are
dioecious. The
male selections are generally showier. The
inflorescence is composed of staminate flowers with
numerous mauve erect stamens. The pistillate flowers
are less showy with only a few stalked pistils which
mature into large, hanging 3-winged inflated achenes.
The overall appearance of the staminate flowers is a
wide head of fluffy flowers.
Late spring to early summer
The alternate leaves are bipinnately or
ternately compound. The leaflets are suborbicular to
short-oblong entire on the lower margins and base. The
terminal of each leaflet usually has 3 broad teeth. The
foliage color is gray-green and resembles that of
columbine.
