Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

± erect, loosely cespitose, 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.

basal and cauline, palmate;

stipules ovate, 1.1–1.5 cm, margins entire, apex acuminate-subulate;

petiole 5–15 cm;

petiolules absent;

leaflets 3, blades lanceolate to linear, 2–4 × 0.1–0.6 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent, margins remotely serrate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous.

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

involucres absent.

terminal or axillary, 10–18-flowered, ellipsoid to subglobose, 1.8–2.2 × 2.3–2.5 cm, rachis prolonged beyond flowers, undivided or forked, often bearing sterile flower buds distally;

involucres absent.

2–8 cm.

7–16 cm, slightly twisted apically.

erect, 1–1.5 mm;

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

strongly reflexed in fruit, 0.5 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.

13–15 mm;

calyx tubular-campanulate, 6–8.5 mm, glabrous, veins 10, tube 2–2.5 mm, lobes unequal, triangular-subulate, orifice open;

corolla pink to purple, 15 mm, banner oblong, 14–16 × 6–7 mm, apex acute or apiculate.

ovoid, 4–5 mm.

ellipsoid, 5 mm.

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

1 or 2, brown, flattened ovoid, 2 mm, smooth.

= 32, 48.