Flora of North America species comparison

of 2d-year stems brown, densely tomentose.

of 2d-year stems purple or brown, glabrous.

blade obovate, 1-veined from base, 1.7-3 × 0.9-1.2 cm, thick and rigid, base acute or acuminate, margins reflexed, undulate, toothed or shallowly lobed, each with 2-4 teeth or lobes 1-3 mm high tipped with spines to 1.2-1.6 × 0.2-0.3 mm, apex obtuse or rounded;

surfaces abaxially glossy, smooth, adaxially glossy, green.

5-9-foliolate;

petioles 1-5 cm.

blades thick and rigid;

surfaces abaxially dull, papillose, adaxially glossy, green;

terminal leaflet stalked, blade 2.6-6.6 × 1.7-4.4 cm, 1-2.5 times as long as wide;

lateral leaflet blades oblong to ovate or elliptic, 1-3-veined from base, base obtuse to rounded or truncate, margins plane to crispate, toothed, each with 3-5 teeth 1-5 mm tipped with spines to 1.2-3.8 × 0.2-0.6 mm, apex acute to rounded.

present, pedately 5-9-fid.

absent.

racemose, rather dense, 10-20-flowered, 3-4 cm;

bracteoles membranous, apex acuminate.

racemose, dense, 30-50-flowered, 2-7 cm;

bracteoles membranous, apex rounded or obtuse.

anther filaments without distal pair of recurved lateral teeth.

anther filaments with distal pair of recurved lateral teeth.

dark purple, spheric, 6-7 mm, juicy, solid.

blue, glaucous, oblong-ovoid, 6-11 mm, juicy, solid.

scales 2-4 mm, deciduous.

scales 2-6 mm, deciduous.