Flora of North America species comparison

± erect, branched distally, branches subtended by leaves, leaves dispersed along stems, more so distally;

pseudoscapes to 10 cm (when present);

cataphylls 9–20 mm, glabrous or pubescent apically.

absent, leaves clustered;

pseudoscapes 5–7 cm (when present);

cataphylls 7–9 mm, striate, clustered apically.

palmately 3–6-foliolate;

stipules tardily deciduous proximally, persistent distally, linear, 8–18 × 2–4 mm, rarely glandular, glabrous;

petiole not swollen or jointed basally, slightly canaliculate, 2–55 mm, strigose;

petiolules 1–4 mm;

leaflet blades oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic or orbiculate, 1.1–4.5 × 0.6–2.2 cm, base attenuate, apex acute, acuminate to apiculate, surfaces abaxially sparsely to densely sericeous, rarely eglandular, adaxially glabrous or less sericeous.

pinnately 3-foliolate;

stipules persistent, lanceolate to oblanceolate-oblong, 5–7(–12) × 2.5–3 mm, stramineous, eglandular, glabrous;

petiole swollen proximally or not, not jointed, (30–)50–120 mm;

petiolules 2 mm;

leaflet blades orbiculate to obovate-trullate, lateral 2 usually asymmetrical, 1.5–2.5(–3.2) × 1–2.4 cm, base broadly cuneate or truncate, apex broadly acute, surfaces abaxially white-pubescent, adaxially white-hirsute along veins and margins.

persistent, oblong, elongate;

rachis 0–6 cm, exposed, nodes (1 or)2–4(–8), (1–)3 flowers per node, internodes 3–7(–17) mm;

bracts persistent, linear to lanceolate or elliptic, 3–9 × 1.5–4 mm, sericeous.

disjointing in age at peduncle base, ovate to elliptic;

rachis 1.4–1.6 cm, crowded, nodes 4–7, 3 flowers per node;

bracts persistent, caudate-lanceolate, 5–8 × 2–3.5 mm, pubescent throughout or only at apex.

3–9 cm, longer than subtending petiole, densely white-strigose.

2–10 cm, shorter than subtending petiole, glabrous proximally, pubescent distally.

0.5–1 mm.

1–3 mm.

7–11 mm;

calyx elongating and becoming broadly and shallowly campanulate in fruit but not gibbous, 6–8 mm abaxially, 4–6 mm adaxially, glandular (glands often hidden by hairs), sericeous (sometimes sparsely so);

tube 2–3 mm;

lobes linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, abaxial 4.5–5 × 2–2.5 mm, adaxial 1.5 × 1 mm;

corolla deep blue, banner oblanceolate to obovate or orbiculate, 6–7.5 × 3.5–5 mm with claw 1.5–2 mm, wings 6–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm with claw 2–2.5 mm, keel 5–6 × 1.5–2 mm with claw 2–3 mm;

filaments 4.5–5 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.4 mm;

ovary glabrous proximally, canescent on distal 2/3, style canescent basally.

12–20 mm;

calyx gibbous-campanulate in fruit, 10–15(–17) mm, pubescent throughout or teeth only;

tube 5–7 mm;

lobes linear or linear-lanceolate, abaxial 8–8.5 × 1–1.5 mm, adaxial 6–7.5 × 0.5–1 mm;

corolla white and blue-purple, banner white to pale purple, oblanceolate, 15–17 × 6–7 mm with claw 4.5–5.5 mm, wings blue-purple, 12–14 × 2.5–3 mm with claw 5.5–6.5 mm, keel dark purple, 14–16 × 2.5–3 mm with claw 8.5 mm;

filaments 16 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.7 mm;

ovary glabrous, style glabrous.

narrowly oblong, 5–6 × 3–4.5 mm, obscurely glandular, tomentose, beak 3–5 mm, equal to or slightly longer than calyx.

oblong-ellipsoid, 5–7 × 3.5–4 mm, eglandular, pubescent apically, beak 4–5 mm, about as long as calyx.

red-brown, round-reniform, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, dull.

black, ellipsoid-reniform, 3.5–6 × 2.5–4 mm.

= 22.