Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or sparsely branched.

palmate;

stipules lanceolate to ovate, 1.5–6.5 cm, margins setose-serrulate or entire, apex acuminate;

petiole 1.5–15 cm;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades elliptic-oblanceolate to linear-elliptic, 3–9.5 × 0.5–1.6 cm, base cuneate, lateral veins prominent, recurved, dichotomously forked near margin, margins setose-denticulate to serrate, apex rounded or acute, surfaces glaucous, glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent abaxially.

terminal or axillary, 30–50+-flowered, umbellate, globose to ovoid, 1.5–5 × 2–3.5 cm;

involucres absent.

3–12 cm.

erect or slightly reflexed, to 0.2 mm;

bracteoles minute.

14–16 mm;

calyx campanulate, 6–9 mm, pilose, veins 15–20, tube 1.5–3 mm, lobes unequal, narrow, triangular or subulate, abaxial lobe straight, lateral and adaxial tortuous, recurved inwards around corolla, orifice open;

corolla magenta, 12–16 mm, banner oblong, 12–16 × 4–6 mm, apex flared, acute or obtuse;

ovaries glabrous or pubescent distally.

ovoid, 3–4.5 mm.

1 or 2, tan to brown, ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, slightly roughened.

= 16.