Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched from base and distally, or unbranched.

erect, unbranched or sparsely branched.

palmate;

stipules ovate-oblong, 0.5–1.8 cm, margins entire, toothed, or irregularly lobed, apex acuminate;

petiole 0.5–10 cm;

petiolules to 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades broadly obovate or elliptic, 1.7–3.3 × 1.1–2 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins entire or denticulate, apex rounded, obtuse, or retuse, surfaces pilose, abaxial less so.

palmate;

stipules lanceolate to ovate, 1.5–6.5 cm, margins setose-serrulate or entire, apex acuminate;

petiole 1.5–15 cm;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades elliptic-oblanceolate to linear-elliptic, 3–9.5 × 0.5–1.6 cm, base cuneate, lateral veins prominent, recurved, dichotomously forked near margin, margins setose-denticulate to serrate, apex rounded or acute, surfaces glaucous, glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent abaxially.

terminal or axillary, 30–50-flowered, bluntly conic, ellipsoid, globose, or subglobose, 1.5–3 × 1.5–2.5 cm;

involucres absent.

terminal or axillary, 30–50+-flowered, umbellate, globose to ovoid, 1.5–5 × 2–3.5 cm;

involucres absent.

5–15 cm.

3–12 cm.

absent;

bracteoles cuplike, to 0.5 mm.

erect or slightly reflexed, to 0.2 mm;

bracteoles minute.

13–16 mm;

calyx tubular, 9–12 mm, pubescent, veins 20–30, tube 3 mm, lobes nearly equal, appearing rigidly erect, linear-setaceous, plumose, sinuses acute, orifice open;

corolla white to pink with purple tips, 12–16 mm, banner ovate-oblong, 12–15 × 4 mm, apex broadly rounded, emarginate.

14–16 mm;

calyx campanulate, 6–9 mm, pilose, veins 15–20, tube 1.5–3 mm, lobes unequal, narrow, triangular or subulate, abaxial lobe straight, lateral and adaxial tortuous, recurved inwards around corolla, orifice open;

corolla magenta, 12–16 mm, banner oblong, 12–16 × 4–6 mm, apex flared, acute or obtuse;

ovaries glabrous or pubescent distally.

obovoid, 4 mm.

ovoid, 3–4.5 mm.

1, dark brown, ellipsoid, 2–3 mm, smooth.

1 or 2, tan to brown, ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, slightly roughened.

= 16.