Flora of North America species comparison

smooth, gland-dotted, puberulent or glabrous.

longitudinally grooved and ridged, eglandular, mostly puberulent, canescent, or tomentose, sometimes glabrate.

(5–)10–15(–20) cm;

stipules linear, 1.5–2 mm, eglandular, puberulent;

petiole (5–)15–30 mm, gland-dotted, usually puberulent;

rachis eglandular, usually puberulent;

leaflets (7–)9–11(–15), stipels acicular, 1.2–2 mm, petiolule 2–5(–7) mm, usually gland-dotted, puberulent or glabrous, blade usually narrowly elliptic to oblong, rarely obovate to suborbiculate, (10–)25–40(–50) × (7–)15–25(–38) mm, base round, margins flat, entire or conspicuously crenulate, apex round or emarginate, surfaces puberulent abaxially, glabrate or glabrous adaxially;

midvein terminated by a slightly swollen mucro, 0.4–0.8 mm.

(10–)20–40 cm;

stipules linear, 2–3 mm, eglandular, pubescent;

petiole (20–)30–60(–90) mm, eglandular, puberulent, canescent, or tomentose;

rachis eglandular, puberulent or canescent;

leaflets (9–)11–19, stipels acicular, 1–2 mm, petiolule (2–)4–10 mm, sparsely gland-dotted, usually pilosulous proximally, glabrous distally, blade narrowly elliptic to oblong or ovate, 15–30(–50) × (14–)18–22(–26) mm, base round, margins flat, entire, apex round, surfaces sparsely gland-dotted abaxially, canescent to tomentose or glabrate abaxially, usually puberulent to glabrate or glabrous adaxially;

veins conspicuous, distinctly raised abaxially;

midvein terminated by a slender mucro, 0.5–1.8 mm.

1–3(–6)-branched, (4–)6–12(–20) cm;

rachis sparsely gland-dotted, puberulent;

bracteoles linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1.2–2.2 mm, eglandular, puberulent to short-pilose.

(1–)5–12-branched, paniculiform, (5–)15–30(–40) cm;

rachis eglandular, short-pilose;

bracteoles linear, 1–2 mm, eglandular, short-pilose.

1–1.5 mm, eglandular, puberulent.

1–2 mm, eglandular, short-pilose.

calyx tube funnelform, 2.5–3.8 mm, distal 1/3 gland-dotted, short-pilose or glabrous;

lobes usually narrowly lanceolate, (0.2–)0.4–1.2(–1.4) mm;

banner purple, broadly obcordate, 5–7 × 5–6 mm, indistinctly clawed, margins entire or slightly erose;

filaments 6–10 mm, connate basally 4–6 mm;

anthers yellow;

ovary glabrous.

calyx tube funnelform, 1.8–2.2 mm, distal 1/3 gland-dotted, usually short-pilose, rarely glabrate;

lobes: abaxial lobe linear to narrowly lanceolate, adaxial lobes usually triangular to ovate, (1–)1.2–2 mm;

banner purple, broadly obcordate, 5–7 × 3–4 mm, indistinctly clawed, margins entire or slightly erose;

filaments 5–6 mm, connate basally 2.5–3 mm;

anthers orange;

ovary glabrous.

sessile, 6–7 × 2.5–3.5 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, straight or bent inward adaxially, at least distal 1/2 gland-dotted, glabrous or slightly hairy.

sessile, 4–6(–8) × 2–2.5 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, bent outward adaxially, gland-dotted, glabrous.

brown, reddish brown, or greenish brown, 2.5–4.5 × 1.5–2 mm, smooth, not lustrous.

reddish brown, 3–3.5 × 1.5–1.8 mm, smooth.