Flora of North America species comparison

cespitose, spreading, branched proximally, sparsely branched distally.

erect, branched distally.

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 linear-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 0.5–0.8 cm, margins entire, apex filiform;

petiole 0.4–4.5 cm;

petiolules 1+ mm;

leaflets 3, blades linear-oblong to narrowly elliptic, 1–2 × 0.2–0.5 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins denticulate distally, apex mucronate, surfaces hairy.

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

involucres absent.

axillary or terminal, 30–100-flowered, ovoid or cylindric, elongate in fruit, 1–2.3 × 0.9–1.2 cm;

involucres absent.

3–7 cm, surpassing subtending leaves.

0.5–2.5 cm.

erect, reflexed in proximalmost flowers, 1 mm;

bracteoles cuplike, 0.5 mm.

straight, to 0.5 mm;

bracteoles obtuse, to 0.1 mm.

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.

5–8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5–8 mm, villous, veins 10, tube 1.2–1.8 mm, lobes purple or pink, subequal, setacous, orifice open, hairy;

corolla white to pink, 3–6 mm, much shorter than calyx, banner narrowly ovate-elliptic, 5–5.5 × 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse.

ellipsoid, 4–5 mm.

ovoid, leathery distally, transversely dehiscent, 1.5–2 mm.

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

1, yellow, globose, 1 mm, smooth, glossy.

= 14.