Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched.

cespitose, 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 ovate to lanceolate, 0.8–1 cm, margins irregularly lobed, apex acuminate;

petiole 1–16.5 cm;

petiolules 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3–7, blades obovate or elliptic, 0.9–1.9 × 0.5–0.8 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent abaxially, margins coarsely dentate, apex rounded, acute, or mucronate, surfaces strigose.

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 or axillary, 15–30-flowered, globose to subglobose, 2–3 × 2–3 cm;

involucres a narrow membranous, dentate rim, to 0.2 mm.

2.5–12 cm.

sharply bent distally, just below flowers, 5–15 cm, surpassing leaves.

erect becoming reflexed, 0.5–6 mm;

bracteoles linear or cup-shaped, to 1 mm.

reflexed in fruit, 2–3 mm;

bracteoles minute, cuplike, membranous, minute.

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.

11–13 mm;

calyx purple, campanulate, 3–5 mm, slightly pilose, veins 5 (obscure), tube 2–2.5 mm, lobes subequal, subulate, orifice open;

corolla white to pink, 10–12 mm, banner oblong-obovate, 10–12 × 4–5 mm, apex rounded, emarginate.

short-stipitate, ovoid, 5–10 mm.

oblong, 3.2–3.5 mm.

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

1, dark brown, ellipsoid, 2.5–3 mm, smooth.

= 16.