Flora of North America species comparison

pallid or yellowish.

ascending or decumbent, 1–9 cm underground, sparsely strigulose.

clustered from root-crown or subterranean to superficial caudex, decumbent, (5–)10–35 cm.

(2–)3.5–18 cm;

stipules distinct, 3–10 mm, submembranous, glabrous abaxially; petiolate or subsessile;

leaflets (11–)15–33, blades oblanceolate, oblong-oblanceolate, obovate, suborbiculate, or broadly oval to linear-elliptic, (2–)3–24 mm, apex obtuse, acute, subacute, or truncate-emarginate, sometimes apiculate, surfaces pubescent abaxially, glabrous or glabrescent adaxially.

(2–)4–11(–16) cm;

leaflets 15–25, blades obovate-cuneate, oval, or oblanceolate, 4–16 mm, apex usually obtuse or acute, rarely truncate-emarginate.

(5–)6–25(–35)-flowered, flowers ascending or slightly arched;

axis 1–7(–14) cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–7.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(5–)8–20-flowered;

axis (1–)2–7 cm in fruit.

ascending to spreading, (1.5–)2–16 cm.

(1.5–)2–6.5(–8) cm.

2–7.5 mm.

(2–)2.8–5.5 mm.

(16–)16.5–25(–27) mm;

calyx usually broadly or deeply campanulate or cylindro-campanulate, rarely cylindric, (6.6–)7.7–14 mm, densely strigulose, pilosulous, ascending-pilose, or villosulous-tomentulose, tube (5.2–)5.6–9.7 mm, lobes subulate or triangular-subulate, (1.3–)1.7–4.2(–5.8) mm;

corolla pink-purple, red-purple, white, whitish (faintly lilac-tinged), lilac, ochroleucous, or suffused pinkish lilac;

keel (10.7–)12–20.7 mm.

calyx 9.6–14 mm, strigulose, pilosulous, or ascending-pilose, hairs mixed black and white or all black, tube 7–9.7 mm, lobes (1.9–)2.3–4(–4.4) mm;

corolla white;

banner (18.3–)20–24 × (8.6–)9–12 mm.

green, often red-mottled or suffused with red on adaxial surface, becoming brown or blackish, straight, globose, subglobose, broadly and plumply oblong-ellipsoid, oblong-ovoid, or oblong-obovoid, ± obcompressed, 15–40 × 12–27 mm, fleshy becoming alveolate-spongy or pithy, wrinkled on drying, mesocarp at least 1.2 mm thick, glabrous.

globose or plumply ovoid-oblong or obovoid-oblong, 15–27 × 12–25 mm.

34–77.

(40–)47–59.

= 22.