Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect or ascending, strigulose.

(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.

4–15 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, connate or distinct at distal nodes, 3–8(–12) mm, scarious;

leaflets (9 or)11–31, blades lanceolate-elliptic to linear-lanceolate, 3–35 mm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate, sometimes ciliate.

(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.

9–45(–70)-flowered;

axis (3–)5–20(–25) cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–7.5(–9) mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

erect, 3–13 cm.

2–7.5 mm.

2–8 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.

12–19(–21) mm;

calyx pallid or pinkish, short-cylindric, strongly gibbous, (7.3–)8.6–12(–19) mm, glabrous or sparsely strigose, tube (4.7–)5–6(–9) mm, lobes subulate or subulate-setaceous, (1.5–)3.3–6(–10) mm;

corolla usually white or ochroleucous, concolorous, rarely lightly suffused with purple or with purple veins, sometimes keel tip lilac;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 10.8–15.2 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.

stramineous, straight or slightly curved, linear-oblong, oblong-ellipsoid, or oblong-ovoid, sharply 3-sided compressed, faces of subequal width, nearly flat, 10–30 × 3–8 mm, papery, glabrous or sparsely strigose;

stipe (3.5–)4–6(–7) mm.

34–77.

12–22.