Flora of North America species comparison

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

decumbent and ascending, woolly-tomentulose.

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.

(2.5–)4–12 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, mostly connate at distal nodes, 2–5.5 mm, submembranous;

leaflet blades oblong-oblanceolate, oblong-obovate, or oblong-ovate, (3–)6–12(–22) mm, apex retuse or obtuse, surfaces white-pannose.

(4–)8–22(–33)-flowered;

axis (1–)2–6(–7.5) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

10–30-flowered;

axis (1–)2–9 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

ascending, (3–)5–13 cm.

1–2 mm.

0.8–3 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.

12.5–16 mm;

calyx 6.6–7.9 mm, white-tomentulose, tube 4.1–4.8 mm, lobes broadly subulate, 2.3–3.5 mm;

corolla whitish or ochroleucous, concolorous, drying yellowish;

keel (9–)9.3–12 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.

pale green or purplish becoming stramineous, 16–26 × (9–)13–23 mm, papery, somewhat translucent, finely tomentulose.

10–13.