Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, branched.

ascending, branched from slender, rhizomatous crown.

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, 0.5–2 cm, margins entire proximally, 1–3-toothed distally, apex acuminate or acute;

petiole 1.5–10 cm;

petiolules to 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate or elliptic, 0.5–4.2 × 0.3–2.5 cm, base cuneate, veins fine or slightly thickened, margins serrulate, apex acute, rounded, or retuse, apiculate, surfaces appressed-pubescent.

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

involucres absent.

terminal, 6–30-flowered, globose, 2.3–3.1 × 2–3 cm, rachis prolonged beyond flowers;

involucres absent.

1.5–3.5 cm.

bent proximal to flowers, inflorescence appearing inverted, 2.5–12 cm.

reflexed, 0.7–1.2 mm;

bracteoles a fringe of red setae.

reflexed in fruit, 1.5–2 mm;

bracteoles minute, scalelike, membranous, to 0.3 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.

13–17 mm, sweetly fragrant;

calyx campanulate, 4.5–5 mm, appressed-pubescent, veins 5, tube 2 mm, lobes subequal, linear, orifice open;

corolla white, sometimes with purplish or buff-pink veins, 12–15 mm, banner elliptic, 12–15 × 4 mm, longer than wing and keel petals, apex tapered, sometimes retuse.

stipitate, oblong, 2–2.5 mm.

oblong to subglobose, 5 mm.

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

1 or 2, dark brown, ± globose, 1.2 mm, smooth.

= 14.

= 16, 32.