Flora of North America species comparison

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

of 2d-year stems purple, glabrous.

5-9-foliolate;

petioles 1-5 cm.

5-7-foliolate;

petioles 1.5-5 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.

blades thick and rigid;

surfaces abaxially dull, papillose, adaxially dull, ± glaucous;

terminal leaflet stalked, blade 4.4-5.5 × 3.1-4.6 cm, 1.1-1.4 times as long as wide;

lateral leaflet blades oblong or circular, 1-5-veined from base, base truncate or cordate, margins undulate or crispate, toothed, each with 9-15 teeth 1-3 mm tipped with spines to 1.4-2.4 × 0.2-0.4 mm, apex truncate or broadly rounded.

absent.

absent.

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

bracteoles membranous, apex rounded or obtuse.

racemose, dense, 25-35-flowered, 3-6 cm;

bracteoles membranous, apex obtuse or rounded.

anther filaments with distal pair of recurved lateral teeth.

anther filaments distally with pair of recurved teeth: author had no data available.

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

dark blue, glaucous, ovoid to elliptic, 7-9 mm, juicy, solid.

scales 2-6 mm, deciduous.

scales 3-6 mm, deciduous.

= 28.