Flora of North America species comparison

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

ascending-erect, 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.

mostly clustered at stem base, 2.5–10 cm;

stipules mostly all connate, 2–4.5 mm, submembranous;

leaflets (9 or)11–15(–19), blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, linear-oblong, or oblong-obovate, (1–)2–8 mm, apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet jointed to rachis.

(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.

2–8-flowered, flowers horizontal or nodding;

axis (0.5–)1–8(–11) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–1.5(–2) mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

incurved-ascending, 3–12(–15) cm.

2–7.5 mm.

1–4 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.

9.5–13.2 mm;

calyx 5–8.9 mm, strigulose, tube 3.6–6 mm, lobes subulate, 1.4–2.9 mm;

corolla whitish or tinged with lavender, keel tip maculate;

keel 7.3–10.2 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.

pendulous, often humistrate, brightly red-mottled, decurved, obliquely oblong-ellipsoid, inversely boat-shaped, ± 3-sided compressed, ventral suture convex in profile or at least beak declined from body, 13–22 × 4–6.5 mm, partly bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, strigulose;

septum incomplete, to 0.7 mm wide;

stipe 1.5–3.5 mm.

34–77.

(14–)17–29.