Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, 1.5–10(–18) cm underground, strigulose or pilosulous.

erect or ascending, strigulose.

1.5–8(–11) cm;

stipules connate at proximal nodes, sometimes connate to 1/2 their length at distal nodes, 1.5–5 mm, papery at proximal nodes to thinly herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (7–)11–19(–23), blades broadly obovate, obovate-cuneate, broadly oblong-elliptic, or suborbiculate, (1.5–)3–12(–17) mm, apex retuse, surfaces sparsely strigulose or pilosulous abaxially, glabrous, glabrate, or strigulose adaxially.

mostly in sub-basal cluster, (6–)10–30 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, mostly connate at distal nodes, 3–10(–11) mm, scarious throughout;

leaflets (9–)13–25(–31), blades linear-oblong, linear-elliptic, lanceolate, or subfiliform, 3–23 mm, apex obtuse, acute, or retuse, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, usually glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet sometimes continuous with rachis.

(4–)8–22(–33)-flowered;

axis (1–)2–6(–7.5) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

7–20-flowered, flowers ascending to spreading;

axis (3–)4–13(–15) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

incurved-ascending, (1–)1.5–8.5 cm, equal to or shorter than subtending leaf.

erect, sometimes divergent in fruit, 5–33 cm, together with racemes longer than stems.

1–2 mm.

1–4.5 mm.

6.5–7.8 mm;

calyx campanulate or turbinate-campanulate, 3.2–4.5 mm, strigulose, hairs black, white, or fuscous, tube 2.2–2.7 mm, lobes subulate, 1–1.8 mm;

corolla whitish tinged with dull lilac;

banner recurved through 85°;

keel 4.4–6 mm.

15–25.5 mm;

calyx campanulate, cylindric, or subcylindric, 7–12 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 4.9–9.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.3–3(–4) mm;

corolla whitish with keel tip purple, sometimes banner and wings also purple-tipped, sometimes purple throughout;

banner recurved through 30–45°, oblanceolate or broadly rhombic-oblanceolate, 16–25.5 mm, apex emarginate;

keel 11.6–17.5 mm.

stramineous, straight or slightly arched downward, oblong or clavate-ellipsoid, obcompressed, (7–)9–15 × 3–6 mm, ± bilocular, papery, strigulose or villosulous;

valves inflexed as partial or nearly complete septum 0.8–1.3 mm wide;

stipe obscure.

stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, oblong-ellipsoid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, obcompressed, 12–25 × 4.3–8 mm, sub-bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery or subligneous, glabrous or strigulose;

septum to 1.4 mm wide;

sessile.

10–13.

15–30.