Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, with 5–10 well-developed internodes, strigulose-pilosulous.

decumbent to ascending, 1.5–10(–18) cm underground, strigulose or pilosulous.

7–13(–16) cm;

stipules 4–9 mm, papery at proximal nodes, membranous at distal nodes;

leaflets (13–)17–27, blades obovate, oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or broadly elliptic, 6–26 mm, apex retuse or obtuse, surfaces strigulose-pilosulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

1.5–8(–11) cm;

stipules connate at proximal nodes, sometimes connate to 1/2 their length at distal nodes, 1.5–5 mm, papery at proximal nodes to thinly herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (7–)11–19(–23), blades broadly obovate, obovate-cuneate, broadly oblong-elliptic, or suborbiculate, (1.5–)3–12(–17) mm, apex retuse, surfaces sparsely strigulose or pilosulous abaxially, glabrous, glabrate, or strigulose adaxially.

(4–)7–22-flowered, flowers ascending-spreading;

axis (2–)3–8 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

(4–)8–22(–33)-flowered;

axis (1–)2–6(–7.5) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect, (4–)10–18 cm, together with racemes shorter than stems.

incurved-ascending, (1–)1.5–8.5 cm, equal to or shorter than subtending leaf.

1–5 mm.

1–2 mm.

15.5–22 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 6.9–10.3 mm, pilosulous, tube 5.2–8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.6–2.8 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, keel immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 11–13.1 mm.

6.5–7.8 mm;

calyx campanulate or turbinate-campanulate, 3.2–4.5 mm, strigulose, hairs black, white, or fuscous, tube 2.2–2.7 mm, lobes subulate, 1–1.8 mm;

corolla whitish tinged with dull lilac;

banner recurved through 85°;

keel 4.4–6 mm.

erect, brown-stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, obliquely ovoid or oblong-ovoid, somewhat dorsiventrally compressed, 13–18 × 4–6 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery or subligneous, glabrous;

sessile.

stramineous, straight or slightly arched downward, oblong or clavate-ellipsoid, obcompressed, (7–)9–15 × 3–6 mm, ± bilocular, papery, strigulose or villosulous;

valves inflexed as partial or nearly complete septum 0.8–1.3 mm wide;

stipe obscure.

14–18.

10–13.