Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched.

erect, 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, 3–4 cm, margins entire, apex acuminate;

petiole 5–20 cm;

petiolules to 1 mm;

leaflets 5–7, blades linear, linear-elliptic, linear-lanceolate, often folded, falcate, 2–7 × 0.2–0.6 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, margins setose, apex acute-setiform, surfaces pubescent.

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, 60-flowered, in 10–12 whorls, globose or ovoid to subglobose, 3–5 × 3–4 cm;

involucres absent.

2.5–12 cm.

10–15 cm.

erect becoming reflexed, 0.5–6 mm;

bracteoles linear or cup-shaped, to 1 mm.

reflexed in fruit, 1–1.5 mm;

bracteoles 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.

20–23 mm;

calyx campanulate, 6–8 mm, slightly pilose, veins 10–15, tube 2.5–3 mm, lobes equal, subulate, slightly pilose, orifice open;

corolla rose-pink to purple, 18–22 mm, banner oblong, folded, 18–22 × 11–13 mm, apex rounded.

short-stipitate, ovoid, 5–10 mm.

flattened, lanceoloid-oblong, 6 mm.

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

1 or 2, yellow, often mottled, mitten-shaped, 2.8–3 mm, smooth, glossy.

= 16.

= 16.