Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched from base.

prostrate, ascending, or erect, branched.

palmate;

stipules lanceolate-ovate, 0.9–1.1 cm, margins entire, apex acute-acuminate, setaceous, ciliate;

petiole 0.5–5 cm;

petiolules 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate to oblong, 0.9–1.6 × 0.4–1 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins denticulate, apex obtuse, obcordate, or emarginate, surfaces hairy.

palmate;

stipules triangular-lanceolate, 0.9–1 cm, margins entire, apex long-acuminate, reflexing;

petiole 1–10 cm;

petiolules to 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate or obcordate, 0.4–1.5 × 0.4–1 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent, recurved, margins coarsely dentate, apex rounded, truncate, or emarginate, surfaces glabrous.

axillary or terminal, solitary or paired, 20–60-flowered, ovoid or oblong, 0.8–1.6 × 0.6–1 cm;

involucres absent.

axillary or terminal, 8–20-flowered, depressed-globose, 0.9–1.1 × 0.8–1 cm;

involucres absent.

0–1 cm.

0.6–1.5 cm, becoming shorter distally.

absent;

bracteoles absent.

reflexed in fruit, 0.5–2 mm;

bracteoles lanceolate, 1 mm.

5–7 mm;

calyx ellipsoid to urceolate, 3–4 mm, hairy, veins 10, tube 2–3 mm, lobes erect or spreading, unequal, abaxial longest and equal to tube, subulate, orifice open;

corolla pink, 25–35 mm, banner oblong, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm, apex retuse.

4–5.5 mm;

calyx tubular-campanulate, 4 mm, glabrous, veins 10, tube 2–2.2 mm, lobes subequal, triangular-subulate, margins green, pink, or purple, orifice open;

corolla pink, 4–5 mm, banner obovate, 4–5 × 1–2 mm, apex deeply emarginate.

ovoid, leathery distally, transversely dehiscent, 2–2.5 mm.

ovoid-ellipsoid, 4 mm.

1, tan or reddish brown, globose to ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, smooth, glossy.

1–4, yellow, ovoid, 0.8–1 mm, minutely papillate.

= 14.

= 16.