Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched.

erect, unbranched to sparsely branched.

palmate;

stipules ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm, margins entire, sometimes ciliate, apex acuminate;

petiole 1–13 cm;

petiolules 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades elliptic to oblong or obovate, 0.8–3.5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, margins serrate proximally, obscurely denticulate distally, apex usually rounded or retuse, rarely acute, surfaces glabrous.

palmate;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 0.5–2.2 cm, margins entire, apex lanceolate-linear;

petiole 2–3 cm;

petiolules 1+ mm;

leaflets 3, blades linear-lanceolate, 3–5 × 0.2–0.4 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces hairy.

axillary or terminal, 10–30-flowered, ovoid to subglobose, 0.7–2.2 × 0.5–2 cm;

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

terminal, 25–75-flowered, spicate, cylindric or conic, 3–8 × 1.5–2 cm;

involucres absent.

2.5–12 cm.

1–2.2 cm.

erect becoming reflexed, 0.5–6 mm;

bracteoles linear or cup-shaped, to 1 mm.

erect, 0.5 mm;

bracteoles absent.

6–13 mm;

calyx broadly campanulate, 5–11 mm, glabrous, veins 10, tube 1–5 mm, lobes unequal, elliptic to linear, margins hyaline, dentate or pectinate, ciliate, sinuses narrow, orifice open;

corolla white, pink, or purple, 5–13 mm, banner broadly ovate, 6–13 × 4–7 mm, apex rounded, apiculate.

10–13 mm;

calyx tubular, 8–13 mm, tuberculate with appressed, stiff hairs, veins 10, tube 3–5 mm, lobes unequal, abaxial lobes longest, subulate-setaceous, spreading stellate in fruit, orifice closed by bilabiate callosities, hairy;

corolla usually pale pink or purple, rarely white, 9–12 mm, banner ovate-elliptic, 9–12 × 2–2.5 mm, apex notched.

short-stipitate, ovoid, 5–10 mm.

ovoid, leathery distally, transversely dehiscent, 2.2–2.5 mm.

1 or 2, brown, mottled, ovoid, 2.5–3 mm, smooth.

1, light brown or yellow, ovoid, 1.6–2 mm, smooth, glossy.

= 16.

= 14, 16.