Flora of North America species comparison

cespitose, spreading, branched proximally, sparsely branched distally.

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

involucres absent.

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

involucres absent.

3–7 cm, surpassing subtending leaves.

10–15 cm.

erect, reflexed in proximalmost flowers, 1 mm;

bracteoles cuplike, 0.5 mm.

reflexed in fruit, 1–1.5 mm;

bracteoles minute.

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.

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.

ellipsoid, 4–5 mm.

flattened, lanceoloid-oblong, 6 mm.

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

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

= 16.