Flora of North America species comparison

erect to prostrate, branched from base.

erect or ascending, branched.

pinnate;

stipules ovate, 0.3–0.5 cm, margins entire, apex acute;

petiole to 1.5 cm;

lateral leaflet petiolules to 0.5 mm, terminal leaflet stalk 1–1.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1–2 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, lateral veins prominent, ± parallel, ascending, margins dentate distally, apex rounded or retuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy.

palmate;

stipules triangular-lanceolate, 0.7–1.5 cm, margins entire, apex stramineous, subulate;

petiole 1.5–5 cm;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate, oblong, or elliptic, 0.8–1.8 × 0.4–0.9 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent, margins dentate-spinulose, apex rounded to emarginate, surfaces glabrous.

axillary or terminal, 5–20-flowered, ovoid or globose, 0.5–0.9 × 0.6 cm;

involucres absent.

axillary, 15–30-flowered, globose, 0.8–1 × 0.8–1 cm;

involucres absent.

1–1.5 cm.

0.5–2 cm.

reflexed, 0.2–0.5 mm;

bracteoles a fringe of red setae.

recurved in fruit, 1 mm;

bracteoles folded, linear-subulate, 4–5 mm.

2.8–3.5 mm;

calyx campanulate, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous, veins 5, tube 0.8–1 mm, lobes unequal, longer than tube, adaxial 2 shorter, orifice open;

corolla pale yellow becoming brown, 2.6–3.2 mm, not or slightly ribbed, banner persistent, spatulate, 2.6–3.2 × 2 mm, apex rounded to broadly acute.

4–5 mm;

calyx obconic, 4–5 mm, glabrous, veins 10, tube 1.3–2.1 mm, lobes unequal, longer than tube, subulate, recurved in fruit, orifice open;

corolla white or pink, 3.2–4.5 mm, banner ovate, 3–4 × 1–2 mm, apex acute to rounded, entire to slightly erose distally.

stipitate, ellipsoid, 1.5–2 mm, short beaked.

ovoid-oblong, 4.2–5.5 mm.

1, yellow or pale brown, ellipsoid, 0.9–1 mm, smooth, glossy.

2, brown, ovoid-reniform, 1 mm, minutely granulose.

= 16, 28, 32.

= 16.