Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, densely silky-strigulose.

erect or ascending, loosely strigulose to villosulous.

(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.

3–10(–13) cm;

stipules (1–)2–7 mm, papery at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflet blades narrowly oblong-oblanceolate to linear-oblong, 5–18(–25) mm, apex retuse, surfaces strigulose to villosulous.

15–45-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (5–)7–17 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–4 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

12–35(–40)-flowered;

axis 2.5–10 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–6 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect, 6–24 cm.

erect, (5–)7–15 cm.

1.2–5 mm.

0.8–2 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.

15–18.6 mm;

calyx gibbous-convex behind pedicel, 8–10.5 mm, villosulous or villous-tomentulose, tube 7.5–9 mm, lobes triangular, 1–2.1 mm;

corolla keel 11.5–14.3 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.

green becoming stramineous, 12–15 × (3–)3.4–4(–5.4) mm, stiffly leathery, glabrous or sparsely pilosulous;

stipe 6–10 mm, pilosulous.

(16–)18–30.

= 22.