Flora of North America species comparison

± erect, loosely cespitose, branched.

usually erect or ascending, rarely prostrate, branched.

basal and cauline, palmate;

stipules ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–2 cm, margins usually entire, sometimes lobed, apex acute to acuminate;

petiole 0.5–12 cm;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades lanceolate or elliptic, 0.5–2 × 0.3–1.3 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent, margins serrate, apex acute, apiculate, surfaces glabrous.

palmate;

stipules triangular-lanceolate, 0.4–0.8 cm, margins entire, apex dark purple or reddish, sharply recurved, subulate;

petiole 0.5–10 cm;

petiolules 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate or obtriangular, 0.5–2.5 × 0.3–2.5 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins denticulate, apex rounded to emarginate, surfaces glabrous.

terminal or axillary, 15–30-flowered, ellipsoid or conic, 1.5–2 × 1–3 cm, rachis prolonged beyond flowers, undivided or forked, often bearing sterile flower buds distally;

involucres absent.

axillary or terminal, 15–50-flowered, globose, 1–1.8 × 1–1.8 cm;

involucres a narrow rim, to 0.2 mm.

2–13 cm, slightly twisted apically.

1.5–4 cm.

strongly reflexed in fruit, 0.5 mm;

bracteoles minute, lanceolate.

reflexed in fruit, 3–6 mm;

bracteoles narrowly oblanceolate, 3–6.5 mm.

12–14 mm;

calyx pink to purple, campanulate, 3–3.5 mm, glabrous, veins 10 (5 sometimes faint), tube 1.5–1.7 mm, lobes subequal, triangular-subulate, orifice open;

corolla pink to deep purple, 12–14 mm, banner oblong, 12–14 × 4–5 mm, apex rounded or retuse.

6.5–9 mm;

calyx oblong, 3–5 mm, glabrous or pubescent, veins 5–10, tube 1–2.5 mm, lobes ± equal or unequal, triangular-lanceolate, recurved in fruit, margins green or purple, apex acute to acuminate, orifice open;

corolla pink or white, 6–9 mm, banner obovate-oblong, 6–9 × 1–2 mm, apex acute to emarginate.

obliquely ellipsoid, 5 mm.

linear-oblong, 3–4.5 mm.

1 or 2, brown, often purple-mottled, flattened ovoid, 2–3 mm, smooth.

1–5, yellow or pale or dark brown, oblong, 1 mm, smooth.

= 16.

= 16.