Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, densely silky-strigulose.

diffuse or erect to decumbent-clambering, sparsely strigulose-pilosulous.

(5–)7–17(–20) cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, distinct at distal nodes, 2–14 mm, scarious;

leaflets (17–)21–35, blades linear, linear-oblong, -elliptic, -lanceolate, or -oblanceolate, (3–)6–26 mm, apex obtuse and apiculate or emarginate, surfaces strigulose, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

2–10 cm;

stipules (1–)2–11 mm, papery-scarious proximally, submembranous at distal nodes;

leaflets 13–23, blades narrowly elliptic to lanceolate-oblong, 4–18 mm, apex obtuse to retuse or acute, surfaces strigulose.

15–45-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (5–)7–17 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–4 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

5–15-flowered, flowers ascending-erect;

axis 0.5–2.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 3–7 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect, 6–24 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, 1.5–15 cm.

1.2–5 mm.

0.5–1.5 mm.

12.6–17.6 mm;

calyx (6.5–)8–11.4 mm, densely silky-strigulose, hairs white, tube 5–7.2 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, (1.5–)2–4.2 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, immaculate;

banner gently and slightly recurved;

keel 11.5–14.7 mm.

17–24 mm;

calyx cylindric, 7–12.5 mm, villous, tube 5–7.8 mm, lobes linear, 2.5–5.5 mm;

corolla usually pink-purple, sometimes ochroleucous or nearly white;

keel 11.4–14 mm.

spreading to pendulous, stramineous, obliquely ovoid-ellipsoid or semi-ovoid, bladdery-inflated, somewhat compressed laterally, (20–)25–43 × 13–18 mm, thin becoming papery-membranous, translucent, lustrous, sparsely strigulose;

stipe filiform, 14–40 mm, pubescent.

erect, green becoming dark, ± straight, oblong-ellipsoid, obtusely 3-sided, 7–10 × 2.8–4.5 mm, sulcate abaxially, scarcely swollen, thinly papery, densely silky-villous;

stipe 0.3–1 mm.

(16–)18–30.

= 22.

= 16.