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, long-petiolate;

leaflets obovate to obcordate, 1-2 cm. long, finely serrulate;

stipules attached around the petiole most of their length, the free portion acuminate.

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 cm. long and broad, on long, axillary peduncles;

flowers pea-like, 5-9 mm. long, white to cream, often pinkish-tinged; pendulous on pedicels 1-5 mm. long;

calyx glabrous, half the length of the corolla, the 5 teeth awl-shaped, half the length of the tube;

banner erect.

Pod 1-seeded.

Pod 1-3 seeded.