Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to ascending, strigulose.

erect, strigulose or glabrous, or glabrate proximally.

(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.

3.5–11 cm;

stipules 2–9 mm, scarious;

leaflet blades broadly obovate-cuneate or obovate-flabellate, 7–15(–18) mm, apex obtuse to retuse, surfaces glabrous.

(2–)5–18-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (1.5–)3–17 cm in fruit;

bracts (0.8–)1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles usually 0.

(7–)12–33-flowered;

axis 4–20(–28) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3.4 mm;

bracteoles 0.

incurved-ascending, (1.5–)3–16.5 cm.

erect, 3.5–15 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.

8–11 mm;

calyx 4.7–5.5 mm, strigulose, tube 3–3.5 mm, lobes subulate, 1.7–2 mm;

corolla white, drying ochroleucous;

banner recurved through 60–80°;

keel 6.8–7.7 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.

incurved-ascending, green, sometimes purple-tinged or -mottled, becoming stramineous, sometimes suffused with purplish brown, incurved through 0.25 spiral, 8–15 × 3–5 mm, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous;

stipe (2.5–)3–5 mm.

10–29.