Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, strigulose, villosulous, glabrous, or with few scattered hairs.

decumbent to ascending, 2–15+ cm underground, strigulose or villosulous.

2.5–9 cm;

stipules distinct, (1–)1.5–5 mm, scarious at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (9 or)11–21(–25), blades obovate-cuneate, oblong-obovate, or elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, (7–)9–19(–21) mm, apex retuse or truncate to obtuse, surfaces strigulose or villosulous abaxially, strigose to glabrescent or glabrous adaxially.

(2–)3–15 cm;

stip-ules connate-sheating at proximal nodes, loosely amplexicaul at distal nodes, 1.5–8 mm, herbaceous becoming papery;

leaflets (11–)15–25(or 27), blades ovate, elliptic, or oblong, (2–)6–20(–24) mm, apex retuse or rounded, surfaces strigulose.

(5–)10–25(–35)-flowered, flowers retrorsely imbricate, ascending then nodding;

axis 2–10(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

densely 5–17(–23)-flowered;

axis 0.5–5(–7) cm in fruit, elongating little after flowering;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect or arcuate-erect, 4–15 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, 3–15(–17) cm, longer or shorter than leaves, peduncle and raceme usually shorter than stem.

1–3.5 mm.

0.5–2.3 mm.

13.5–21 mm;

calyx broadly campanulate to broadly cylindric (gibbous-saccate or gibbous-truncate), 6.1–13.6 mm, strigulose or villosulous, marcescent, tube 5.4–11.9 mm, marcescent, lobes triangular, 0.4–2.3 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, white, or lemon yellow;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 9.4–15.2 mm.

(6.2–)7.4–13.6(–14.8) mm;

calyx campanulate to subcylindric, 3.2–6.6 mm, strigulose, tube 2–4 mm, lobes subulate, 0.9–2.8(–3) mm;

corolla pink-purple, blue-purple, or white;

banner abruptly incurved through 75–90°;

keel 0.5–2.2 mm, ± longer than wings and subequal to banner.

pendulous, green or purple-spotted becoming brown-stramineous, hamately or lunately incurved or, rarely, coiled through 1.5 spirals, narrowly oblong, laterally compressed, 14–35 × (2.7)3–4.5(–5.5) mm, stiffly papery or thinly leathery, usually glabrous, villosulous, or strigulose, rarely glabrate;

stipe 6–20 mm.

green-stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, sulcate abaxially, oblong-lanceoloid, 3-sided compressed, (6–)7–14 × 2.5–4.2 mm, thin becoming papery-membranous, strigulose or villosulous, partial septum inflexed 0.2–0.8 mm, semibilocular;

stipe 1.4–3 mm.

14–25(–28).

5–11.