Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent and incurved-ascending or erect, sparsely to densely strigulose or glabrate.

decumbent or prostrate, strigulose to villosulous.

1.5–9.5 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery-scarious at proximal nodes, connate or distinct and submembranous at distal nodes, 1–4 mm, not blackened when dry;

leaflets 11–19, blades elliptic to oblong, lanceolate, or broadly oval, 3–17(–19) mm, apex acute to obtuse and apiculate, surfaces strigose abaxially, strigose or glabrous adaxially.

2.5–7.5(–9) cm;

stipules 1.5–4 mm, papery-membranous;

leaflets (13–)17–25(or 27), blades broadly elliptic, oval, or oblong, 1–6.5 mm, apex obtuse or retuse, surfaces strigulose to villosulous, sometimes glabrous or glabrescent adaxially.

(1–)3–13-flowered, flowers ascending to spreading;

axis (1–)2–8 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–1.7 mm;

bracteoles 0.

loosely (4–)6–12-flowered;

axis 1–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.5–1.8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

decumbent or humistrate (in fruit), 3–10(–14) cm.

0.5–5.5 cm.

1.5–4(–4.5) mm.

1–1.6 mm.

8–10.5 mm;

calyx (3.4–)4.5–6.7 mm, strigose, tube (2.6–)3–4.3 mm, lobes subulate, (0.8–)1.2–2.9 mm;

corolla pink-purple, or whitish and purple-tipped;

banner recurved through 50°;

keel 6.7–8.8 mm.

5.3–6.8 mm;

calyx 2.9–3.8 mm, strigose, tube 2.1–2.3 mm, lobes subulate, 0.8–1.5 mm;

corolla whitish or ochroleucous, banner veined purplish;

banner recurved through 45–85°;

keel 4–5 mm.

pendulous, brown, straight or nearly so, ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, laterally flattened, (7–)9–15 × 3–4.2 mm, thinly papery, strigose;

stipe 1–1.5(–2) mm.

pendulous, stramineous, slightly incurved, nearly lanceoloid-ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 3-sided compressed, 7–12 × 2–3.8 mm, papery, strigulose;

septum 0.7–1.2 mm wide;

stipe 1.5–4 mm.

2–6.

6–12.

with racemes shorter than leaves.