Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched from base and distally, or unbranched.

erect or ascending, 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 ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–2.5 cm, membranous, margins entire or slightly serrate, apex long-acuminate;

petiole 0.5–9 cm;

petiolules to 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate to obcordate, 0.5–2.5 × 0.2–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins moderately thickened, margins setose-serrulate, apex rounded, shallowly retuse, surfaces glabrous.

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

involucres absent.

axillary or terminal, 10–25-flowered, globose to subglobose, 0.5–2 × 0.5–2 cm, rachis prolonged beyond flowers;

involucres a narrow, membranous, dentate rim, to 0.5 mm.

5–15 cm.

1–9 cm.

absent;

bracteoles cuplike, to 0.5 mm.

becoming dramatically reflexed, 3–4 mm;

bracteoles low, cuplike, membranous, to 0.5 mm.

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.

5–7.5 mm;

calyx narrowly campanulate, 4.5–6.5 mm, glabrous, veins 10, tube 2–2.5 mm, lobes unequal, long-triangular, margins green or purple, orifice open;

corolla white, pink, or purple, 5–8 mm, banner ovate, 5–8 × 3–4 mm, apex broadly rounded, retuse or apiculate.

obovoid, 4 mm.

ovoid-ellipsoid, 4–6 mm.

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

1 or 2, tan to brown, mitten-shaped, 1.1–1.5 mm, smooth.

= 16.