Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

erect or ascending, branched.

palmate;

stipules ovate, obovate, or oblong, 1–3 cm, margins entire, irregularly lobed, or serrate, apex acute or acuminate;

petiole 1–14 cm;

petiolules 0.9–1.2 mm;

leaflets (5–)7–9, blades broadly to narrowly obovate, often folded, 1–2.7 × 0.4–1.1 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, especially distally, margins serrulate, apex rounded or truncate, apiculate, surfaces villous abaxially, sparsely villous to glabrate adaxially.

palmate;

stipules lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 0.3–1 cm, margins entire, apex long-acuminate;

petiole 0.3–4 cm;

petiolules 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate to obcordate, 0.3–1.5 × 0.3–1.2 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, recurved, margins dentate, apex obtuse or emarginate, surfaces sparsely hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

terminal, 20–32-flowered, globose or ovoid-ellipsoid, 2.5–8 × 3–7 cm;

involucres absent.

axillary, 5–25-flowered, globose, 1.3–1.5 × 1.3–1.5 cm;

involucres absent.

2–8 cm.

geniculate proximal to flowers, inflorescence appearing inverted, 3–5 cm.

erect, 1–1.5 mm;

bracteoles broadly ovate, membranous, to 0.5 mm, truncate.

strongly reflexed in fruit, 2–3 mm;

bracteoles minute.

20–30 mm;

calyx campanulate, 10–22 mm, villous, veins 10–15, tube 2.5–4 mm, lobes subequal, subulate, plumose, orifice open;

corolla white, creamy white, or pinkish, keel petals deep pink, 20–28 mm, banner ovate or oblong, 20–28 × 10–13 mm, apex rounded or slightly emarginate.

11–13 mm;

calyx tubular, 6–8 mm, pilose or glabrous, veins 10, tube 1.5–2 mm, lobes subequal, subulate, orifice open;

corolla rose-pink or creamy white, 6–10 mm, banner ovate-oblong, 6–10 × 3 mm, equaling wing and keel petals, apex rounded or emarginate.

ovoid, 4–5 mm.

short-stipitate, ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–10 mm.

1 or 2, yellow or reddish, mitten-shaped to ellipsoid, 2.5–3 mm, smooth.

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

= 32, 48.

= 16.