Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or decumbent, sparsely villosulous.

erect, glabrous or sparsely villous.

2.5–8 cm;

stipules distinct, 2–4 mm, herbaceous;

leaflets 13–21, blades narrowly oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, 4–13(–18) mm, thin, apex often retuse, sometimes obtuse, surfaces sparsely villosulous abaxially, sparsely villosulous or glabrescent adaxially.

(3.5–)5–12(–16) cm;

stipules 4–15 mm, submembranous;

leaflets (13–)19–27(–37), blades ovate, lanceolate-oblong, or oblong-obovate, (3–)5–22 mm, midrib prominent, pubescent abaxially, apex truncate and apiculate, retuse, obtuse, or subacute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely villous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(1 or)2–7-flowered, flowers ascending becoming declined;

axis 0.5–3.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(10–)15–40-flowered;

axis (1–)2–4.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

incurved-ascending, 2–4.5 cm.

erect, 5–13 cm.

1–2.5 mm.

0.6–1.8 mm.

5.2–6 mm;

calyx campanulate or obconic-campanulate, 3.4–4.2 mm, villosulous, tube 1.7–2 mm, lobes narrowly lanceolate-subulate, 1.4–2.5 mm;

corolla pale lilac, or whitish and tips lilac;

banner recurved through 90°;

keel 3.6–4.3 mm, apex round or narrowly triangular and beaklike.

9.1–11 mm;

calyx 6.6–9 mm, sparsely villous-villosulous, tube 3.2–4.3 × 2.4–3 mm, lobes linear to lanceolate-acuminate, 3.3–4.9 mm;

corolla white, immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 7–7.4 mm.

spreading or declined, greenish, sometimes purplish, becoming stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, obliquely ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, bladdery-inflated, somewhat obcompressed, 10–22 × 5–14 mm, thin becoming papery-membranous, sparsely strigose-villosulous, hairs spreading, incumbent or curly.

declined, stramineous or brown, slightly incurved, obliquely lanceoloid, 3-sided compressed, grooved dorsally, 11–15 × 3–3.4 mm, papery, villosulous, hairs 1+ mm;

septum 1.5–2.2 mm wide;

stipe 0.3–0.4 mm.

18–22.

8 or 9.