Flora of North America species comparison

smooth, usually eglandular, mostly glabrous or puberulent.

smooth, eglandular or, sometimes, sparsely gland-dotted, usually puberulent to glabrate, rarely glabrous.

10–18(–22) cm;

stipules linear to narrowly setaceous, 3–5 mm, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, short-pilose;

petiole (15–)20–35(–50) mm, eglandular, usually glabrous;

rachis eglandular, usually glabrous;

leaflets (7–)9–15(–19), stipels not seen, petiolule 2–5(–7) mm, eglandular, glabrous or pilosulous, blade drying blackish, usually elliptic to oblong, sometimes ovate, 20–40(–70) × (10–)15–35(–45) mm, base round, margins flat, entire, apex usually emarginate, sometimes round, surfaces distinctly shiny adaxially, usually glabrous and eglandular, rarely sparsely puberulent and sparsely gland-dotted abaxially;

midvein terminated by a slender mucro, 0.1–0.2 mm.

10–25(–28) cm;

stipules linear, 2–4 mm, usually eglandular, pilosulous;

petiole (8–)10–40 mm, usually eglandular, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, usually puberulent to glabrate, rarely glabrous;

rachis usually eglandular, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, puberulent to glabrate;

leaflets [5–]9–21(–31), stipels setaceous, 2–4 mm, petiolule (1.5–)2–4 mm, often eglandular, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, usually pilosulous to puberulent or glabrate, rarely glabrous, blade usually elliptic to oblong, rarely ovate, (10–)20–40(–50) × (5–)10–20(–25) mm, base acute to rounded, margins flat, entire or nearly so, apex acute to round or, rarely, emarginate, surfaces usually pilosulous to puberulent or glabrate, sometimes glabrous at least adaxially;

midvein terminated by a slender mucro, 0.5–1.5 mm.

1–3(–8)-branched, (5–)8–15(–25) cm;

rachis usually eglandular, usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent;

bracteoles drying blackish, linear to setaceous, 1.5–3(–4) mm, usually eglandular, glabrous or short-pilose.

(1 or)2–8(–12)-branched, (5–)10–20(–25) cm;

rachis usually eglandular, mostly puberulent to pilosulous, sometimes glabrate;

bracteoles linear to setaceous, 1.5–3 mm, pilosulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

drying blackish, 1–2.2 mm, eglandular, glabrous or short-pilose.

1–2.2 mm, usually eglandular, puberulent to pilosulous.

calyx drying blackish, tube usually funnelform to obconic, rarely campanulate, 2–2.5 mm, usually eglandular, glabrous or short-pilose;

lobes: abaxial lobe triangular, slightly longer, adaxial lobes round to triangular, 0.2–1.4 mm;

banner reddish purple, broadly obovate, 4.5–6 × 3–4.8 mm, obscurely clawed, margins entire or irregularly erose;

filaments 5–7 mm, connate basally 2–2.5 mm;

anthers yellow;

ovary glabrous.

calyx tube obconic to funnelform or campanulate, 2–3(–4) mm, distal 1/3 gland-dotted or, infrequently, eglandular, puberulent to pilosulous or glabrous;

lobes triangular-dentate, 0.2–1.2 mm, margins ciliate;

banner reddish purple, broadly obovate to obcordate, 5–6 × 3.5–4.2 mm, indistinctly clawed, margins entire, apex slightly emarginate or erose;

filaments 6–8 mm, connate basally 1–2(–3) mm;

anthers yellow;

ovary glabrous or, rarely, pubescent.

short-stipitate, 6–8 × 2.5–3.5 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, straight or slightly curved inward adaxially, rarely at least distal 1/3 gland-dotted, glabrous.

sessile, 5–9 × (2–)3–4.5 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, straight to curved adaxially, more often gland-dotted nearly throughout, sometimes eglandular, usually glabrous or pubescent.

not seen.

reddish brown, 3.5–4.5 × 1.5–1.8 mm, smooth, lustrous.

= (38) 40.