Flora of North America species comparison

phyllodic;

phyllode flat, not falcate, narrowly elliptic, 50–150 × 10–25 mm, venation parallel, with 2–4 prominent veins, minor veins prominent, apex acute to obtuse, apiculate, surfaces glabrous;

gland 1, 0–7 mm distal to pulvinus;

pulvinus 2–5 mm.

compound, 80–170 mm;

petiole 8–22 mm, densely puberulent, gland present, below proximalmost pinna pair, 0.5–1 mm diam., puberulent;

rachis gland between most pinna pairs;

pinnae 6–30 pairs, 15–55 mm, 2–7 mm between pinna pairs;

leaflets 15–70 pairs per pinna, blades linear, 2–5 × 0.4–0.8 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse to acute, not apiculate, surfaces densely puberulent.

cylindrical spikes, densely flowered, 20–50 × 5–8 mm, solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3 in leaf axils.

globose heads, densely flowered, 6–9 mm diam., in axillary pseudoracemes of 11–30 heads or terminal pseudopanicles of 1–15 pseudoracemes.

0–2 mm.

2–6 mm.

4-merous, bright yellow;

calyx 0.6–0.9 mm;

corolla 1.5–2.1 mm;

filaments 2.6–3.6 mm;

ovary pubescent.

5-merous, pale yellow to cream;

calyx 0.6–1.1 mm;

corolla 1.4–2 mm;

filaments 3.5–4.5 mm;

ovary glabrous.

elliptic in cross section, linear, 50–150 × 5–9 mm, somewhat constricted between seeds.

flattened, oblong, 20–110 × 6–14 mm, constricted between some seeds.

aril light yellow, folded several times into thickened, lateral, skirtlike aril covering seed apex.

aril light yellow, obovate, 2–3 mm, forming cap on seed.

= 26.