Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

erect, branched or unbranched.

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 linear, oblong, or ovate, 1.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or slightly serrulate, apex acute to acuminate;

petiole 1–20 cm;

petiolules to 0.5 mm;

leaflets 3, blades linear, elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate-elliptic, often folded, falcate, 4–11 × 0.1–1.6 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, margins denticulate, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces villous.

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

involucres absent.

terminal, 70–80-flowered, spicate, ovoid to cylindric, 3–6 × 2.5–3 cm;

involucres absent.

1–12 cm.

2–6 cm.

absent;

bracteoles lanceolate, 6–7 mm, acuminate.

erect or absent, 0–0.5 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.

17–18 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5 mm, villous, veins 20, tube 2.5 mm, lobes subequal, subulate, straight, orifice open;

corolla creamy white, keel petals crimson, 12–22 mm, banner oblong, 12–22 × 3–5 mm, apex acute;

ovaries glabrous or pubescent distally.

ellipsoid, 2.5–2.5 mm, shorter than calyx.

obovoid, 4–5 mm.

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

1–3, reddish brown or tan, ellipsoid, 1.8–2 mm, smooth, glossy.

= 16.

= 32.