Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to ascending, strigulose.

prostrate or decumbent, sparsely 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.

1.5–10.5 cm;

stipules distinct, 1–4 mm, mostly herbaceous or submembranous;

leaflets 9–19, blades obovate, oblong-oblanceolate to -obovate, obcordate, suborbiculate, or elliptic, 2–15 mm, apex obtuse or emarginate, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(2–)5–18-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (1.5–)3–17 cm in fruit;

bracts (0.8–)1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles usually 0.

(1 or)2–10-flowered, flowers ascending or spreading;

axis (0–)1–4 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

incurved-ascending, (1.5–)3–16.5 cm.

ascending, 1–7.5 cm.

(1.5–)2–6.5 mm.

1–3.5 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.

5.5–8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 3–4.3 mm, strigulose, hair white or partly black, tube 1.5–2.8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2 mm;

corolla white, banner with pink veins;

banner recurved through 45–90°;

keel 3.6–5 mm, apex bluntly deltate.

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, spreading, or loosely declined, green, purplish, or purple- or red-mottled becoming brownish or stramineous, incurved, narrowly oblanceoloid or obliquely semi-ovoid, ± inflated, ± 3-sided compressed, (5–)6–26 × 2.7–5 mm, thin becoming papery, finely strigulose, hairs straight, appressed;

gynophore conical, short.

10–29.

6–15.