Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

erect, unbranched or sparsely branched.

palmate;

stipules linear-lanceolate, 1–3.5 cm, margins entire, apex subulate or setaceous;

petiole 0.5–10 cm;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflet 3, blades obovate to oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, 0.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent, thickened, margins spinulose-denticulate, apex apiculate, surfaces glabrous.

palmate;

stipules ovate, 1–2 cm, margins wavy or toothed, apex blunt or ± tapering distally;

petiole 1–8 cm;

petiolules 1 mm;

leaflets 3, blades broadly ovate, 1–3 × 1–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins denticulate, apex emarginate or retuse, surfaces with spreading, pustulate-based hairs.

terminal or axillary, 50–100+-flowered, globose, ovoid, or oblong, 3–6 × 2–3.5 cm;

involucres absent.

terminal, 25–100-flowered, oblong, 2–7 × 1–2.5 cm;

involucres absent.

1–12 cm.

2–10 cm.

absent;

bracteoles lanceolate, 6–7 mm, acuminate.

straight, 0.5 mm;

bracteoles absent.

12–16 mm;

calyx urceolate, not bilabiate, inflated in fruit, 6–10 mm, glabrous, veins 20–36, connected by transverse veins in fruit, tube 3–5 mm, lobes reflexed, subequal, subulate, as long as tube, orifice constricted;

corolla white becoming pink, 12–15 mm, banner ovate, broadly clawed, striate, 12–15 × 2–4 mm, apex acute-acuminate.

10–15 mm;

calyx tubular-campanulate, 10 mm, villous, veins 10, tube 3–4 mm, lobes equal, longer than tube, spreading in fruit, orifice narrowly opening;

corolla usually scarlet to red, rarely pink or white, 11–17 mm, banner oblong-elliptic, much longer than wing and keel petals, 10–16 × 2 mm, apex acute.

ellipsoid, 2.5–2.5 mm, shorter than calyx.

ovoid, leathery distally, transversely dehiscent, 2.5–3 mm.

2 or 3, brown, ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, roughened.

1, reddish, ellipsoid, 2–2.5 mm, smooth, glossy.

= 16.

= 14.