Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect to ascending, with 2–5(or 6) developed internodes, 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.

(5–)10–21 cm;

stipules 2.5–7 mm, membranous becoming papery-scarious;

leaflets 21–33, blades linear-oblong, linear-oblanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate-oblong, 2–21 mm, apex obtuse or truncate-emarginate to subacute, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(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.

(8–)12–21-flowered, flowers spreading;

axis 4–12(–18) cm in fruit;

bracts 1.2–7.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

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

erect, 14–30 cm, together with racemes much longer than stems.

2–7.5 mm.

0.7–5 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.

11.2–14.1(–17) mm;

calyx short-cylindric, (6.9–)7.6–10.6 mm, strigulose, tube 4.6–5.8 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, (1.9–)2.2–5.2 mm;

corolla greenish white, drying yellowish, immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°, apex crinkled, 10.5–14 mm;

wings 12.8–17 mm, longer than banner;

keel (9.4–)10.2–12.8 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.

erect, brown or stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, obliquely oblong-ellipsoid or narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, obcompressed, 15–25 × (5.5–)6.5–10 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous;

septum to 0.6 mm wide;

sessile.

34–77.

23–28.

= 24.