Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to ascending, strigulose.

spreading to ascending, erect when young, canescent-tomentulose, distinctly woody when over-wintering.

(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.

2–8 cm;

stipules 2–5 mm, papery at proximal nodes;

leaflets 11–25, blades oblong-obovate, -elliptic, or -oblanceolate, (1.5–)3–12 mm, apex obtuse or retuse, surfaces villosulous.

(2–)5–18-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (1.5–)3–17 cm in fruit;

bracts (0.8–)1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles usually 0.

densely (15–)20–30-flowered;

axis 2–4 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–3 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

incurved-ascending, (1.5–)3–16.5 cm.

ascending, sometimes humistrate in fruit, 6–12 cm.

(1.5–)2–6.5 mm.

0.5–2 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.

10.6–12.7 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5.7–6.4 mm, villosulous, tube 3.8–4.5 mm, lobes broadly subulate, 1.4–2.4 mm;

corolla pale yellow, concolorous;

keel 9–10 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.

brown-stramineous, lunate, obliquely narrow-ellipsoid, 3-sided compressed, 14–20 × 3–5 mm, thinly fleshy becoming stiffly papery, glabrous;

septum 1–1.3 mm wide;

stipe 4.5–9.5 mm.

10–29.

16–20.