Flora of North America species comparison

incurved-ascending, diffuse, 1–12 cm underground, strigulose.

prostrate, spreading from root-crown, hirsutulous.

(3.5–)5–10 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, distinct or shortly or obscurely connate distally, 2–7 mm, papery proximally, herbaceous distally;

leaflets 11–25, blades oblong-elliptic or obovate, (2.5-)5–14 mm, apex emarginate, surfaces strigulose abaxially, sparsely hairy or glabrous adaxially.

1–4 cm;

stipules 1–2.2 mm, papery-membranous at proximal nodes, thinly herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets 7–13, blades oblong-obovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2–7 mm, apex retuse, surfaces hirsutulous, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

8–20-flowered, flowers spreading, later declined;

axis 2–5 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4 mm;

bracteoles 0.

1–4-flowered, flowers declined;

axis 0–1.5(–2.3) cm in fruit;

bracts 0.6–1 mm;

bracteoles 0.

4.5–8 cm.

0.3–2.5(–3.8) cm.

0.8–3.5 mm.

0.8–1 mm.

14–18.7 mm;

calyx subcylindric, 7.9–10 mm, strigulose or villosulous, tube 5.8–7.2 mm, lobes subulate, 2–3.5 mm;

corolla pale purple (drying dull lavender);

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 11–14.4 mm.

4.2–5.4 mm;

calyx 3–4 mm, hirsutulous, tube 1.6–2.3 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, 1.3–2 mm;

corolla whitish, banner veins purple;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 3.7–4.5 mm, apex bluntly deltate.

glabrous.

humistrate, spreading, or declined, often red-mottled, subsymmetric, ovoid-acuminate or ovoid-ellipsoid, subterete, bladdery-inflated, 22–28 × 11–16 mm, papery-membranous, translucent, loosely strigulose to villosulous;

stipe 1.5–3 mm.

dehiscent on plant, declined, stramineous or brownish, gently incurved or incurved through 0.2–0.3 spiral, linear-oblong, 3-sided compressed, 13–18 × 2.8–4.1 mm, thin becoming papery, hirsutulous, hairs curved.

22–26.

12–14.

= 22.

= 26.