Flora of North America species comparison

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

decumbent to ascending or erect, glabrous proximally, sparsely strigulose distally.

(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.

5–13 cm;

stipules 3–8 mm, firm becoming papery, sometimes membranous at distal nodes or throughout;

leaflets 7–15+, blades elliptic to lanceolate, oblanceolate, or obovate, 6–38 mm, apex obtuse to acute, retuse, or mucronate, surfaces strigose or glabrous.

(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.

6–24-flowered, flowers declined-nodding;

axis 2–15 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 2.

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

erect, 3–18 cm.

2–7.5 mm.

1–4.5 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.

14–22(–25) mm;

calyx tan or whitish, gibbous or base strongly oblique, 8.8–14.2 mm, sparsely pale-strigulose, tube 6–8.8 mm, lobes broadly spreading, subulate, 2.3–6.5 mm;

corolla usually white, concolorous, rarely keel tip faintly purplish;

banner recurved through 50–90°;

keel 12.4–15 mm, apex sharply triangular.

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.

erect, green or reddish brown becoming brown or stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, cylindroid to ellipsoid or ovoid, subterete to strongly obcompressed, 17–35 × 6–10 mm, unilocular, succulent becoming stiffly leathery, glabrous or puberulent;

sessile.

34–77.

22–38.

= 24.