Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually unbranched, sometimes branched basally, leaves dispersed along stem and arising nearly perpendicular to it;

pseudoscapes 0.5–2 cm;

cataphylls 0.5–15 mm, striate.

erect to decumbent, short and hidden by stipules, sometimes with decumbent lateral stems with dense cluster of leaves and inflorescences distally, unbranched, leaves clustered;

pseudoscapes to 0.5 cm;

cataphylls to 15 mm, conspicuously veined.

palmately (3–)5-foliolate;

stipules persistent, broadly lanceolate proximally to linear-lanceolate distally, 10–20 × 2–8 mm, stramineous basally, eglandular, glabrate to sparsely pubescent, hairs semi-erect;

petiole not jointed basally, (2–)30–100(–150) mm;

petiolules 1.5–4 mm;

leaflet blades elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–4(–6) × 0.7–2.3 cm, base attenuate to cuneate, apex broadly acute to rounded or retuse, surfaces abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrate except on midvein.

palmately 5(–8)-foliolate;

stipules persistent, lanceolate to elliptic, 5–14 × 2.5–5 mm, pubescent;

petiole jointed to leaf spur, 4–13(–15) mm, glabrate to sparsely pubescent;

petiolule 0.5–2 mm;

leaflet blades broadly ovate, orbiculate, oblanceolate, or ± rhombic, 1–4 × 0.6–4 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, apex rounded to broadly acute, surfaces gray-green to yellow-green, sometimes bicolor, glandular, appressed-pubescent.

persistent (not disjointing at base of peduncle in fruit), elliptic to oblong;

rachis 1.6–7 cm, elongating slightly in fruit, nodes (6–)8–15, (2 or)3 flowers per node;

bracts persistent, oblanceolate to elliptic, 5–15 × (0.5–)4–9 mm, glabrate to sparsely pubescent, hairs semi-erect.

disjointing in age at peduncle base, subglobose to elongate;

rachis 0.5–7 cm, elongating in fruit, nodes 2–10, (1–)3(or 4) flowers per node, internodes relatively short or to 9 mm;

bracts tardily deciduous, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or elliptic, (6–)8–13(–18) × 2.5–10 mm, eglandular to sparsely glandular, strigose abaxially.

(0.5–)5–12(–15) cm, shorter than subtending petiole, pilose.

2.5–7.5(–10) cm, shorter than subtending petiole, pubescent, with relatively long, erect to reflexed hairs or with hairs of 2 types: short, appressed to incurved-ascending hairs and long, spreading-erect to reflexed, straight to curly hairs.

1–3 mm.

1.5–6(–8) mm.

12–20 mm;

calyx strongly gibbous-campanulate in fruit, 13–16 mm abaxially, 12–14 mm adaxially, eglandular, pubescent;

tube 5–6 mm;

lobes linear or linear-lanceolate to elliptic, abaxial 7.5–10 × 2–2.5 mm, adaxial 4–7 × 1–1.5 mm;

corolla violet to blue-purple, banner sometimes paler, oblanceolate, 17–18 × 6 mm with claw 7–8 mm, wings 15–16.5 × 3–3.5 mm with claw 6–6.5 mm, keel 12–12.5 × 3 mm with claw 6–6.5 mm;

filaments 11–14 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.5 mm;

ovary pubescent apically, style glabrous apically.

(13–)15–20(–22) mm;

calyx gibbous-campanulate in fruit, (14–)16–19 mm abaxially, (13–)15–17 mm adaxially, eglandular or minutely glandular, setose or with appressed hairs;

tube 6–8(–10) mm;

lobes lanceolate to oblanceolate or elliptic, abaxial 7–10 × 2.5–3 mm, adaxial 6–8 × 1–2 mm;

corolla whitish blue to purple, banner lighter than or similar to wings and keel, obovate-lanceolate, 16–22 × 6–9 mm with claw 6–7 mm, wings 13–20 × 2–3 mm with claw 8–10 mm, keel 14–16 × 2–3 mm with claw 8–9 mm, blade with darker blotch distal to middle;

filaments 13–17 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.3 mm;

ovary pubescent throughout or on distal 1/2, style pubescent at base.

oblong, 4–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm, eglandular, pubescent, beak 9–13(–16) mm, exserted beyond calyx.

oval-ellipsoid, 6–9 × 4–5 mm, eglandular, erect- to appressed-pubescent distally, beak attenuate, (3–)5–8 mm, included within calyx.

brown, reniform, 4 × 3 mm, somewhat rugose.

brown, reniform-elliptic, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, shiny.

= 22.