Flora of North America species comparison

cespitose, spreading, branched proximally, sparsely branched distally.

decumbent or ascending, branched.

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 lanceolate to ovate, 0.4–1.8 cm, margins lacerate, apex acute to acuminate;

petiole 0.5–6 cm;

petiolules to 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades broadly elliptic to broadly obovate, 0.4–2.5 × 0.4–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins moderately thickened, margins dentate-serrulate, apex rounded or truncate, often retuse, surfaces glabrous.

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

involucres absent.

axillary, 10–25-flowered, subglobose or globose, 1–1.8 × 1–1.8 cm;

involucres flattened or bowl-shaped, 4–7 mm, incised 1/2 their length, when folded, not hiding flowers except proximally, lobes 5–12, dentate-lacerate, spinulose.

3–7 cm, surpassing subtending leaves.

1–2 cm.

erect, reflexed in proximalmost flowers, 1 mm;

bracteoles cuplike, 0.5 mm.

straight, to 1 mm;

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.

8–10 mm;

calyx campanulate-tubular, not slit between adaxial lobes, 5–7 mm, glabrous, veins 20, tube 1.9–2.4 mm, lobes unequal, 3-fid or laciniate, often appearing 7+-lobed, orifice open;

corolla pink or pale purple, 8–9 mm, banner elliptic, 8–9 × 2–3 mm, apex retuse.

ellipsoid, 4–5 mm.

ellipsoid, 3.5–4 mm.

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

2, dark brown, mottled, ovoid or reniform, 1.7–1.9 mm, smooth.