Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to ascending, strigulose.

reduced to crowns or developed, to 6 cm, internodes to 1.5 cm, strigulose.

(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.

6–18 cm;

stipules 4–9 mm, papery;

leaflets (15 or)17–29, blades obovate to elliptic, 4–19 mm, apex obtuse, acute, or retuse, surfaces strigulose.

(2–)5–18-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (1.5–)3–17 cm in fruit;

bracts (0.8–)1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles usually 0.

loosely (9–)12–22(–25)-flowered, flowers spreading or declined;

axis 15–25 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–6 mm;

bracteoles 2.

incurved-ascending, (1.5–)3–16.5 cm.

ascending, (4–)6–13 cm.

(1.5–)2–6.5 mm.

1–4.5 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.

18–22 mm;

calyx cylindric to deeply and broadly campanulate, 11.3–15 mm, strigulose, tube 8.2–10.6 mm, lobes subulate or lanceolate-subulate, 2.3–4.6 mm;

corolla pink-purple;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 16.3–18 mm.

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.

ascending (humistrate), green or purple-tinged becoming stramineous or brownish, gently recurved, obliquely oblong-ellipsoid, obcompressed in proximal 1/2, 25–50 × 7–13 mm, unilocular or appearing partially bilocular, valves 1–2 mm thick, thickly fleshy becoming rigidly woody, strongly reticulate, strigulose; didymous, septum forming a narrowly tubular or 3-sided cavity throughout, sutures subcontiguous.

10–29.

(35–)39–48.

= 22.