Flora of North America species comparison

ribbed to striate, hispid or glabrous;

prickles infrastipular, paired, also sparse along internodes, recurved.

terete, tomentose or glabrescent;

prickles irregular along internodes, recurved or straight.

stipules lanceolate, 7–12 mm, glabrous to sparsely setose;

petiole 1–4.5 cm;

primary rachis 0–2.5 mm;

pinnae 1 or 2 pairs, digitate;

leaflets 15–25 pairs, blades obliquely linear-oblong, 5–10 × 2–2.5 mm, margins setose, 1 eccentric vein prominent abaxially, apex acute to mucronate, surfaces glabrous.

stipules linear to subulate, 4–7 mm, tomentose;

petiole 0.6–1 cm;

primary rachis 2.5–7.5 cm;

pinnae 5–11 pairs;

leaflets 6–14 pairs, blades obliquely linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, 3–6 × 1–2.5 mm, margins sericeous, 1 or 2 eccentric veins prominent, apex acute, mucronulate, surfaces light green, sericeous abaxially, dark green, glaucous, sericeous or glabrous adaxially.

95–125-flowered, axillary, globose or subglobose capitula, solitary or fascicles of 2 or 3, also disposed in racemiform branches, 10–15 mm diam.;

bracts linear to lanceolate, 1/2–2/3 corolla length.

50–150-flowered, axillary, spikes, solitary, in fascicles of 2 or 3, or aggregated in racemes, 20–50(–80) mm;

bracts linear-spatulate, 1/3–1/2 corolla length.

1–3 cm.

1–1.5(–2) cm.

0 mm.

0 mm.

bisexual;

calyx campanulate, lobes 4, 1/10 corolla length;

corolla pink, glabrous, lobes 4, 1/4 corolla length;

stamens 4, filaments distinct to base, lilac;

ovary sessile to shortly stipitate, glabrous;

style attenuate at apex;

stigma poriform.

bisexual and staminate;

calyx campanulate, lobes 4 or 5, 1/2 corolla length;

corolla purple-pink, densely sericeous, lobes 4 or 5, 1/3–1/2 corolla length;

stamens 8 or 10, filaments distinct to bases, pink;

ovary sessile, tomentose;

style attenuate at apex;

stigma poriform.

sessile, straight, linear-oblong, 10–15 × 3–4 mm, constricted between seeds, valves with 2–5 segments, margin armed, long-setose, apex acuminate, faces glabrous.

sessile, straight or curved, linear-oblong, 40–50 × 5–7 mm, constricted between seeds, valves with (2–)4–9 segments, margin unarmed or sparsely prickly, apex apiculate, faces tomentose.

2–5, ochre, lenticular, 3–3.2 × 2.5–3 × 1–1.2 mm, testa smooth or porous, fissural line 90%.

(2–)4–9, reddish brown, lenticular, 5 × 4 × 3 mm, testa smooth, fissural line 50%.