Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to ascending, strigulose.

0–6(–20) cm, internodes elongating in shade forms, mostly concealed by stipules.

(1.5–)3–14(–14.5) cm;

stipules distinct, 1–5 mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets 7–15, blades oblong-oblanceolate, elliptic, oval-oblong, linear-oblong, linear-elliptic, or linear-setaceous, 1.5–16 mm, apex obtuse, retuse, subacute, or emarginate, surfaces strigulose abaxially, strigulose or glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet sometimes decurrent distally, jointed to or continuous with rachis.

3–9(–15) cm;

stipules 3.5–9 mm;

leaflets 11–17, blades obovate to oblanceolate or elliptic, 3.5–13(–21) mm, apex round to apiculate or acute, surfaces appressed-strigose.

(2–)5–18-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (1.5–)3–17 cm in fruit;

bracts (0.8–)1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles usually 0.

2–8-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.5–5 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

incurved-ascending, (1.5–)3–16.5 cm.

1–10(–14) cm.

(1.5–)2–6.5 mm.

1.5–2.5 mm.

6.3–13.4 mm;

calyx 3–7.6 mm, strigulose, tube 2.3–5.6 mm, lobes subulate, 0.7–2.6 mm;

corolla whitish or dirty white, sometimes veined, tipped, margined, or suffused with purple, or faintly tinged lavender;

keel 6–10 mm.

21–25 mm;

calyx cylindric, 10.5–12 mm, strigulose, tube 8.5–9.5 mm, lobes subulate, 2–3(–5) mm;

corolla pink-purple or whitish to lilac-tinged;

banner recurved through 40°.

pendulous, green, purplish, or mottled, decurved or straight, linear-oblong, linear-oblanceoloid, or narrowly ellipsoid, compressed, ventral suture convex in profile or at least beak declined from body, 10–22 × 2.3–4.3 mm, unilocular or bilocular, thinly fleshy becoming papery or leathery, strigulose;

septum (0 or)0.6–2.7 mm wide;

stipe 0–2 mm, concealed within calyx when present.

spreading-ascending, sessile or subsessile, almost straight to incurved, ovoid to lanceoloid-ovoid, obcompressed, 15–40 × 9–13 mm, unilocular, densely shaggy-hirsute.

10–29.

30.