Flora of North America species comparison

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

prostrate to ascending, strigulose.

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.

1.5–4.5 cm;

stipules 1.5–4.5 mm, papery-membranous at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflet blades obovate, oblanceolate, or oblong-obovate, (2–)3–10 mm, apex obtuse to retuse, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

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

axis (2–)3–8 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

6–15-flowered;

axis (1.5–)2.5–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.8–1.8 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

divaricate and spreading-incurved, 2.5–7 cm.

1–5 mm.

0.8–2.5 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.

8.6–10.8 mm;

calyx 3.7–5.8 mm, strigose, tube 2.4–3.7 mm, lobes subulate, 1.1–2.4 mm;

corolla keel 8.2–9.6 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.

purplish, gently to strongly incurved to 0.5 spiral, 12–16 × 3.6–5 mm, incompletely bilocular, wider than high in cross section, fleshy becoming stiffly leathery, strigose, hairs ± 1 mm;

septum 0.6–1 mm wide;

stipe 2–5 mm.

14–18.