Flora of North America species comparison

1+, decumbent to erect-ascending, much branched, leaves dispersed along stems;

pseudoscapes rarely branched, 0–14 cm;

cataphylls 0–13 mm.

usually 1, rarely 2, erect, unbranched proximally to much branched distally, leaves dispersed along distal branches;

pseudoscapes 0;

cataphylls 6–11 mm (when present), glabrous.

palmately 3–5-foliolate;

stipules persistent, erect to reflexed, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 6–15 × 1–5 mm, glandular, pubescent;

petiole enlarged but not jointed basally, often canaliculate, 5–40 mm, sparsely strigose;

petiolules 1.5–3.5 mm;

leaflet blades oblanceolate to elliptic, oblong, or obovate, 2–4.8 × 0.5–2 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to obtuse or apiculate, surfaces abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous.

palmately 1 or 3-foliolate;

stipules absent;

petiole not swollen or jointed basally, slightly canaliculate, (0 or)2–6(–10) mm, usually shorter than petiolule, rarely to 1 mm longer, strigose;

petiolules often adnate to leaf spur, 5–9 mm;

leaflet blades broadly elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate to orbiculate, 3–5 × 2–3.2 cm, base attenuate, apex acute to rounded, surfaces abaxially densely canescent, adaxially glabrous or glabrate.

persistent, ellipsoid to elongate;

rachis 1.5–8.5 cm, nodes (2–)6–17, 3 flowers per node, internodes to 13 mm;

bracts persistent, erect to reflexed, lanceolate, 4–17 × 1–6 mm, glandular, pubescent.

persistent, loose, much of rachis exposed, ovoid-ellipsoid or shortly elongate;

rachis loose, 1.5–5.5 cm, elongating in fruit, nodes (2 or)3–6, 3 flowers per node;

bracts persistent or tardily deciduous, lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 7–12 × 4–5 mm, appressed-pubescent to canescent.

0.6–15 cm, longer than subtending petiole, strigose.

2.7–8.2 cm, longer than subtending petiole, canescent.

2–3 mm.

4–5 mm.

12–22 mm;

calyx strongly gibbous-campanulate in fruit, 9–15 mm abaxially, 8–12 mm adaxially, glandular, pubescent;

tube 4–5.5 mm;

abaxial lobe lanceolate to elliptic, 8–19 × 2–3.5 mm, adaxial lobes lanceolate, 4–7 × 1–1.5 mm;

corolla blue, purple, or violet, banner broadly oblanceolate to obovate, 13–21 × 7–8 mm with claw 4–6 mm, wings 12–18.5 × 3–4 mm with claw 4–7.5 mm, keel 9–13 × 4–7 mm with claw 2.5–3 mm;

filaments 8–12 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.5–0.6 mm;

ovary glabrous or pubescent and glandular on distal 1/4–1/3, style pubescent basally.

11–16 mm;

calyx broadly campanulate in fruit, 8–12 mm abaxially, 7–9 mm adaxially, glandular, strigulose to canescent;

tube 3–5 mm;

lobes triangular or narrowly elliptic, abaxial 4.5–6 × 2.5 mm, adaxial 2–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm;

corolla blue to blue-purple, sometimes fading yellowish green, banner oblanceolate, 11–15 × 6–8 mm with claw 3–5 mm, wings 10–13 × 2.5–3 mm with claw 4–5 mm, keel 7.5–9 × 2–2.5 mm with claw 4–5 mm;

filaments 9–9.5 mm;

anthers broadly elliptic, 0.5 mm;

ovary glabrous or pubescent, style pubescent on proximal 1/2.

ovoid to obovate, 6–8 × 4–4.5 mm, glandular, pubescent distally, beak 1.5–2 mm, shorter than calyx.

ellipsoid, 5–6 × 4–5 mm, densely glandular, pubescent, beak 4–6 mm, equal to or slightly shorter than calyx.

reddish brown, reniform to globose, 3.5–4 × 4.5–5 mm.

gray-green to red-brown, reniform, 4–5 × 3–4 mm.