Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, branched.

densely mat-forming, short-branched.

pinnate;

stipules ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–0.8 cm, margins entire, glandular, apex acuminate;

petiole 0.3–2 cm;

lateral leaflet petiolules 0.5–0.6 mm, terminal leaflet stalk 3–5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades rhombic to obovate, 0.4–1.5 × 0.4–0.8 cm, base cuneate, lateral veins prominent, ± parallel, ascending, margins denticulate distally, apex truncate or retuse, surfaces strigose adaxially.

palmate;

stipules ovate or lanceolate, 0.5–1 cm, margins entire or lobed, apex acute or acuminate;

petiole 0.3–30 cm, pubescent;

petiolules 0.2 mm;

leaflets 3, blades oblanceolate, 0.3–1.6 × 0.1–0.7 cm, base cuneate, veins close-set, 12–18 pairs of primary veins, 0.5 mm apart, margins sharply antrorsely serrate, apex acute, long-apiculate, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely midvein pubescent abaxially.

axillary, 30–60-flowered, globose or broadly ovoid, 0.8–1.5 × 0.7–1 cm;

involucres absent.

terminal, 8–18-flowered, globose or subglobose, 1.2–2.5 × 2–3 cm;

involucres absent.

1.5–3.5 cm.

0.5–3.5 cm, pubescent.

reflexed, 0.7–1.2 mm;

bracteoles a fringe of red setae.

reflexed, 2–3.5 mm, pubescent;

bracteoles broad, membranous, to 0.2 mm.

4.3–5 mm;

calyx campanulate, strongly bilabiate, 1.3–1.5 mm, glabrous, veins 5, tube 0.3–0.6 mm, lobes unequal, adaxial deltate, very short, lateral and abaxial linear-subulate, each tipped with 1 or 2 stiff hairs, orifice open;

corolla yellow becoming brown, 3.5–6 mm, ribbed, banner persistent, obovate, enveloping other petals, boat-shaped, 4.3–5 × 2.8–3.2 mm, apex broad, acute.

8–13 mm;

calyx campanulate, 4–6 mm, pubescent, veins 5–10, tube 1.5–2.5 mm, lobes subequal, narrowly triangular-subulate, orifice open;

corolla creamy white, 8–13 mm, banner broadly elliptic-oblong, 10–13 × 6–8 mm, apex rounded, slightly apiculate.

stipitate, oblong, 2–2.5 mm.

stipitate, flattened, ovoid, 2–3.5 mm.

1 or 2, yellow, ellipsoid, 1–1.5 mm, smooth, lustrous.

1, yellow, mottled, flattened-ovoid, 2 mm, smooth.

= 14.