Flora of North America species comparison

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

decumbent to ascending or erect, sparsely 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.

2.5–9 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery at proximal nodes, connate or distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 4–13 mm;

leaflets 5–13, blades linear-oblong, 10–45(–60) mm, margins flat, elevated, apex obtuse to apiculate, surfaces strigose;

terminal leaflet decurrent, not jointed to rachis.

10–25-flowered, flowers declined;

axis 3–12 cm in fruit;

bracts 3–6 mm;

bracteoles 2.

6–20-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 2–12 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–7 mm;

bracteoles 1 or 2.

incurved-ascending, 3–8.5 cm.

erect and incurved-ascending, 3–12 cm.

0.6–2 mm.

1.5–4 mm.

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.

24–30 mm;

calyx 10–14.5 mm, strigose, tube 7–10.2 × 4.5–6.2 mm, lobes subulate, 2–4.5 mm;

corolla white, concolorous;

keel 13.6–20.2 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.

deflexed, brown or stramineous, straight, oblong-ellipsoid, subterete becoming laterally compressed, 13–33 × 6–12 mm, fleshy becoming woody, glabrous or minutely puberulent;

sessile.

(27–)30–36.

20–28.