Flora of North America species comparison

absent, leaves clustered;

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

cataphylls 10–20 mm (when present).

short-erect, branched sparsely proximally and often with decumbent lateral branches, to 26 cm at maturity, these with terminal cluster of leaves and inflorescences, very rarely branched again, leaves dispersed along short main stem or appearing clustered at base;

pseudoscapes to 4 cm;

cataphylls 0.5–7 mm, glabrous.

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.

palmately 5–7-foliolate;

stipules tardily deciduous or persistent, lanceolate to slightly falcate, 7–10 × 2.5–3 mm, stramineous, appressed-spreading pubescent;

petiole slightly enlarged and jointed basally, (20–)40–100(–110) mm, sparsely glandular abaxially, appressed-spreading pubescent;

petiolules 1.5–2.5 mm;

leaflet blades obovate to slightly rhombic, 1.3–3 × 1–1.7 cm, base attenuate, apex broadly acute to rounded or retuse, surfaces glandular and appressed-pubescent.

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.

disjointing in age at peduncle base, globose to slightly elongate;

rachis 0.7–2.5 cm, fairly crowded, nodes (2–)4–10, (1 or)2 or 3 flowers per node, internodes to 9 mm;

bracts tardily deciduous or persistent, oblanceolate to elliptic, 6.5–8 × 2–4 mm, appressed-spreading pubescent.

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

(1.5–)2.5–6.5 cm, shorter than subtending petiole, appressed-spreading pubescent.

1–2 mm.

3–5(–7) mm.

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.

8–12 mm;

calyx gibbous-campanulate in fruit, 9.5–10.5 mm abaxially, 8.5–10 mm adaxially, glandular, white-villous;

tube 2–3 mm;

abaxial lobe elliptic to oblanceolate, 6.5–8.5 × 1.5–2 mm, adaxial lobe linear to linear-lanceolate, 6.5–7.5 × 1–1.5 mm;

corolla blue to violet, banner usually white or lighter than other petals, oblanceolate, 10–11 × 6 mm with claw 2.5–3 mm, wings 9.5–10.5 × 2–2.5 mm with claw 2.5–3.5 mm, keel 7–8 × 2–3 mm with claw 3–4 mm;

filaments 6.5–7 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.3 mm;

ovary pubescent apically, style pubescent basally.

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

ellipsoid to ovoid, 4–9 × 3.5–5 mm, eglandular, short-pubescent, beak linear, 1–4 mm, not exserted beyond calyx.

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

red-brown to brown, black-mottled, narrowly reniform, 5–5.5 × 3–3.5 mm.

= 22.

= 22.