Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

cespitose, acaulescent.

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 broadly lanceolate, 0.5–0.9 cm, margins entire, apex acute;

petiole 0.3–1.5 cm;

petiolules to 0.2 mm;

leaflets 3, blades oblanceolate to obovate, often folded, 0.3–0.8 × 0.1–0.4 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, obscured by pubescence, margins entire or toothed distally, apex acute, surfaces densely silvery-hairy.

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

involucres absent.

terminal, 4–9-flowered, globose or depressed-globose, 1–1.5 × 1–2 cm;

involucres absent.

2–8 cm.

1–3 cm.

erect, 1–1.5 mm;

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

erect, 0.5 mm;

bracteoles absent.

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.

9–11 mm;

calyx campanulate, 8.5–9.5 mm, canescent, veins 5–10 (obscured by hairs), tube 2.5–3 mm, lobes subequal, subulate, orifice open;

corolla with magenta banner, pale pink wing and keel petals, 8–10 mm, banner oblong, 8–10 × 2–3 mm, apex acute.

ovoid, 4–5 mm.

depressed-ellipsoid, 3–4 mm.

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

1, brown, reniform, 2–2.5 mm, smooth.

= 32, 48.

= 16.