UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves with 5-9 leaflets, these rather thick, oblanceolate to obcordate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long;

stipules ovate-lanceolate, their margins lacerate.

Leaves trifoliate, leaflets ovate to obovate or obcordate, 1-3 cm. long, serrulate;

stipules 5-20 mm. long, tapering.

Heads mostly solitary and terminal, 3-5 cm. broad and long, the peduncles exceeding the leaves;

flowers 22-28 mm. long, pale pinkish to rose-pink, spreading to erect, the pedicels very short;

calyx 2/3 as long as the corolla, the 5 teeth awl-shaped, plumose, many times as long as the tube.

Inflorescence of many-flowered heads, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad and long, on axillary peduncles shorter to several times longer than the leaves;

flowers pea-like, white to reddish, 5-9 mm. long, reflexed, the pedicels 1-5 mm. long;

calyx less than half as long as the corolla, mostly glabrous, the 5 teeth awl-shaped, equal to the tube;

banner nearly erect.

Pod 1-seeded.

Pod 1-3 seeded.