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).

1, erect, usually unbranched, rarely branched, leaves dispersed along stem from middle;

pseudoscapes absent or to 8 cm;

cataphylls 5–12 mm, sometimes sparsely pubescent.

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 persistent, narrowly lanceolate to suborbiculate, 8–15 × 2.5–7 mm, glandular, sparsely pubescent;

petiole not swollen or jointed basally, not canaliculate, 27–100 mm, strigose;

petiolules 1.5–2.5 mm;

leaflet blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 2–4.4 × 0.5–1.4 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glandular, abaxially pubescent, especially along veins and margins, adaxially glabrous.

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.

persistent, ovoid to ellipsoid;

rachis 0.6–4.2 cm, nodes 4–12, 2 or 3 flowers per node, internodes to 7 mm;

bracts persistent, elliptic to spatulate, or ovate, or oblanceolate to orbiculate, 6–11 × 2–8 mm, glandular, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.

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

1.3–4.8 cm, shorter than or slightly longer than subtending petiole, pubescent.

1–2 mm.

2–3 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.

18–26 mm;

calyx strongly gibbous-campanulate in fruit, 12–19 mm abaxially, 10–15 mm adaxially, glandular and sparsely pubescent distally;

tube 6–8 mm;

lobes linear-lanceolate, abaxial 4.5–7.5 × 1.5–2 mm, adaxial 3–6 × 1–1.5 mm;

corolla blue to purple, banner broadly oblanceolate to obovate, 16–25 × 6–9 mm with claw 7–10 mm, wings 15–20 × 2.5–4 mm with claw 6–9 mm, keel 12–16 × 3–3.5 mm with claw 6–9 mm;

filaments 11–16 mm;

anthers elliptic, 0.7–0.8 mm;

ovary glabrous, style glabrous.

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

ovoid, 5–6.5 × 4–4.5 mm, glandular, glabrous, beak 5.5–6 mm, slightly shorter to slightly longer than calyx.

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

dark green to olive green, reniform, 4 × 5 mm.

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