Flora of North America species comparison

absent, leaves clustered;

pseudoscapes 5–7 cm (when present);

cataphylls 7–9 mm, striate, clustered apically.

absent, leaves clustered;

pseudoscapes erect, 3–10 cm, usually 1, sometimes to 6, rarely branched proximally;

cataphylls 10–20 mm (when present).

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.

palmately 5–7-foliolate;

stipules often fragmented on plant, partly connate, ovate, 11–24 × 11–16 mm, scarious, usually eglandular, sparsely pubescent;

petiole jointed basally, 40–150(–190) mm, shorter than peduncle, hirsute-villous;

petiolules 1–2.5 mm;

leaflet blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 1.5–4.5(–6) × 0.5–1.3(–1.8) cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate to obtuse, surfaces glandular, abaxially pubescent, adaxially sparsely so, usually along margins.

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.

disjointing in age at peduncle base, long-ovoid;

rachis 2.5–9.5 cm, elongating through fruiting, nodes 4–11(–15), 3 flowers per node, internodes 1–5 mm, elongating to 25 mm in fruit;

bracts persistent, orbiculate to lanceolate, 7–14 × 2–7 mm, margins pubescent, apex sometimes caudate or emarginate, becoming papery and veined in age.

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

4–14 cm (8–19 cm in fruit), longer than subtending petiole, setose.

1–3 mm.

1–2 mm.

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.

10–15(–22) mm;

calyx weakly gibbous-campanulate in fruit, 6–10 mm abaxially, 5–8 mm adaxially, glabrate and eglandular on gibbous portion, sparsely setose and glandular distally;

tube stramineous, 4.5–6 mm;

lobes triangular, abaxial 2–4 × 2 mm, adaxial 1–2 × 1 mm;

corolla dark blue to purple, banner oblanceolate to oval, 13–23 × 4–5 mm with claw 5–6 mm, wings 12–18 × 2–3 mm with claw 5–7 mm, keel 10–15 × 2–3 mm with claw 2–3 mm;

filaments 10–12 mm;

anthers obovate, 0.3 mm;

ovary pubescent apically, style pubescent basally.

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

globose to ovoid, 6–7 × 4–5 mm, eglandular, sparsely pubescent apically, beak triangular, 4–6 mm, exserted beyond calyx.

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

gray-brown to red-brown, obovoid-reniform, 5–6 × 3–4 mm.

= 22.