Flora of North America species comparison

single or few, decumbent-ascending, glabrous or sparsely strigose.

erect to ascending, strigulose.

4.5–11 cm;

stipules 5–10 mm, papery at proximal nodes;

leaflets 11–21(or 23), blades obovate-cuneate, ovate, broadly oblong-elliptic, or suborbiculate, 5–20 mm, apex obtuse or emarginate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate and glaucescent.

(6–)9–22 cm;

stipules 4–8 mm, membranous becoming papery-scarious;

leaflets (17–)21–31, blades linear-oblong, narrowly oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or oval, (3–)8–22 mm, apex obtuse or truncate-emarginate, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

10–25-flowered, flowers declined;

axis 3–12 cm in fruit;

bracts 3–6 mm;

bracteoles 2.

15–30-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 8–22 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

incurved-ascending, 3–8.5 cm.

erect, 10–25(–30) cm.

0.6–2 mm.

0.5–4 mm, clavately thickened in fruit.

12–15 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 5.9–7.6 mm, strigulose, tube 4.5–5.6 mm, lobes subulate, 1.3–2.5 mm;

corolla reddish purple with white or lilac wing tips;

keel 9.5–10.6 mm.

10–10.7 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5–6.3 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 3.7–4.7 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, (1.9–)2.2–5.2 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, drying yellowish, immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 10.1–10.6 mm.

spreading-ascending (humistrate), green suffused or dotted red becoming stramineous, straight to incurved, oblong or broadly oblong-ovoid, obcompressed, 15–37 × 8–21 mm, ± bilocular, fleshy becoming papery, stiffly leathery, or subligneous, glabrous;

septum to 3.5 mm wide;

stipe 5–8 mm.

erect, brownish stramineous, straight or slightly incurved or decurved, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, obcompressed, 15–23 × 4.5–6.3 mm, ± bilocular, ± fleshy becoming stiffly leathery, strigulose;

septum 0.5–0.9 mm wide;

stipe (2.5–)3–6 mm.

(27–)30–36.

18–26.

= 24.