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Stems usually erect to arching in open areas and arching to trailing or decumbent in shaded areas.
Prickles hooked or straight, up to 8 mm long. Leaves palmately compound, typically with 3, sometimes 5 leaflets. Leaflets elliptic, oblong-oblanceolate, or ovate. Leaflets hairless on upper surface with soft, long hairs on lower surface. Leaflet margin coarsely toothed.