Flora of North America species comparison

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

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.

2–8 cm;

stipules 5–10 mm, membranous becoming papery;

leaflets (1 or)3 or 5, blades obovate to rhombic or elliptic, 6–25 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces densely strigose.

(4–)8–22(–33)-flowered;

axis (1–)2–6(–7.5) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

2–7-flowered, flowers erect-ascending;

axis 0.2–0.8 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–6 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

ascending, 1–3 cm.

1–2 mm.

1.2–4 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.

20–28 mm;

calyx cylindric, 12–17 mm, loosely strigulose, tube 10–14 mm, lobes linear-subulate, 1.8–5.5 mm;

corolla ochroleucous or greenish white, often tinged faintly purplish, keel tip purple;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 18–22 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.

ascending (humistrate), red-purple to stramineous, incurved, ovoid-acuminate, inflated, 17–30(–32) × 10–23 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming stiffly papery, hirsute, hairs long, lustrous.

10–13.

28–38.