Flora of North America species comparison

cespitose, spreading, branched proximally, sparsely branched distally.

erect-ascending, cespitose, mat-forming, branched;

from deep taproot-like crown.

palmate;

stipules broadly obovate, 1–2 cm, fused at base, margins slightly lobed, apex acute;

petiole 2–6 cm;

petiolules 1–1.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades ovate, obovate, or orbiculate, slightly overlapping, 1–2 × 0.7–2.3 cm, base truncate to rounded, veins prominent, margins sparsely dentate, apex rounded, emarginate, surfaces glabrous.

palmate;

stipules ovate or lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm, margins entire, apex long-acuminate;

petiole 1–5 cm;

petiolules to 0.5 mm;

leaflets (3–)5, blades obovate, 0.5–2.2 × 0.2–1.2 cm, base cuneate, veins obscured by pubescence, margins entire, apex rounded or acute, apiculate, surfaces canescent.

terminal, 20–30-flowered, globose, usually formed of 2 sessile heads, 2.5–5 × 2.5–5 cm;

involucres absent.

axillary, 10–20-flowered, depressed-globose, 1–2 × 1–2.3 cm;

involucres formed of connate, narrow, membranous bracts, to 0.5 mm.

3–7 cm, surpassing subtending leaves.

1–14 cm.

erect, reflexed in proximalmost flowers, 1 mm;

bracteoles cuplike, 0.5 mm.

absent;

bracteoles absent.

15–21 mm;

calyx tubular-campanulate, 9–12 mm, pilose, veins 10, tube 4.5–6 mm, lobes subequal, abaxialmost longest, subulate, orifice open;

corolla deep pink or magenta, 20–23 mm, banner tubular for most their length, 18–22 × 5–7 mm, apex flared.

10–17 mm;

calyx campanulate, 9–11 mm, pilose, veins 10, tube 4–5 mm, lobes equal, subulate, plumose, orifice open;

corolla white or pink, 10–17 mm, banner ovate-oblong, 12–19 × 3–5 mm, apex rounded, retuse.

ellipsoid, 4–5 mm.

ellipsoid, 4–5 mm.

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

1 (or 2), tan or brown, irregularly ovoid, 1.6–2 mm, smooth, glossy.