Flora of North America species comparison

cespitose, short-branched.

erect or ascending, branched.

palmate;

stipules broadly lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm, margins entire, apex acute-acuminate;

petiole 0.6–1.2 cm;

petiolules to 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades ovate, oblong-elliptic, or elliptic, 0.8–3 × 0.4–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins moderately thickened, margins entire or faintly serrate, apex acute to rounded or minutely apiculate, surfaces glabrous.

palmate;

stipules ovate, 1–1.5 cm, sheathing, margins deeply lacerate, apex acuminate;

petiole 1.5–10 cm;

petiolules to 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, rhombic, or obovate, 1.5–4 × 0.3–1.7 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, margins coarsely spinulose-serrate, apex acute, mucronate, surfaces glandular.

terminal, 4–15-flowered, ovoid-ellipsoid, 2.5–4 × 2.2–3 cm, rachis prolonged ca. 10 mm beyond distalmost flower;

involucres absent.

axillary or terminal, 10–50-flowered, globose or ovoid, 1–3.5 × 1–3 cm;

involucres flattened or bowl-shaped, 3–8 mm, when folded, not hiding flowers except proximally, incised 1/4–1/3 their length.

6–20 cm.

3–15 cm, glandular.

strongly reflexed, 1–2 mm;

bracteoles linear, minute.

erect, 1 mm;

bracteoles absent.

15–18 mm;

calyx whitish, campanulate, 7–10 mm, sparsely pubescent, veins 10, tube 4–5 mm, lobes subequal, longer than tube, narrowly triangular, acuminate, orifice open;

corolla purple to magenta, 15–18 mm, banner broadly ovate, 15–17 × 7–9 mm, apex obtuse or retuse.

13–20 mm;

calyx tubular-campanulate, slit between adaxial lobes, 10–13 mm, glandular, veins 20+, tube 5–7 mm, lobes unequal, narrowly triangular or lanceolate-subulate, usually entire, rarely 3-fid or shouldered below apex, orifice open;

corolla white or pale pinkish with dark purple spot, 10–18 mm, banner broadly elliptic, 10–18 × 2–4 mm, apex blunt.

oblong, 6.5–7 mm.

obovoid, 3.5–4 mm.

1–3, yellow and red, flattened ovoid, 2–2.5 mm, smooth.

1 or 2, brown, mottled, ellipsoid or mitten-shaped, 2.5 mm, smooth.

= 16.

= 16.