Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

erect, 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, 3–4 cm, margins entire, apex acuminate;

petiole 5–20 cm;

petiolules to 1 mm;

leaflets 5–7, blades linear, linear-elliptic, linear-lanceolate, often folded, falcate, 2–7 × 0.2–0.6 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, margins setose, apex acute-setiform, surfaces pubescent.

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

involucres absent.

terminal, 60-flowered, in 10–12 whorls, globose or ovoid to subglobose, 3–5 × 3–4 cm;

involucres absent.

2–8 cm.

10–15 cm.

erect, 1–1.5 mm;

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

reflexed in fruit, 1–1.5 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.

20–23 mm;

calyx campanulate, 6–8 mm, slightly pilose, veins 10–15, tube 2.5–3 mm, lobes equal, subulate, slightly pilose, orifice open;

corolla rose-pink to purple, 18–22 mm, banner oblong, folded, 18–22 × 11–13 mm, apex rounded.

ovoid, 4–5 mm.

flattened, lanceoloid-oblong, 6 mm.

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

1 or 2, yellow, often mottled, mitten-shaped, 2.8–3 mm, smooth, glossy.

= 32, 48.

= 16.