Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, trailing, erect, or ascending, mostly strigulose or villosulous, often glabrous or glabrate at proximal nodes.

diffuse or erect to decumbent-clambering, sparsely strigulose-pilosulous.

5–16(–18) cm;

stipules distinct 1.5–6.5 mm, papery at proximal nodes, firm or submembranous at distal nodes;

leaflets (11 or)13–25, blades ovate, obovate, oblong-elliptic, elliptic, lanceolate-oblong, oblanceolate, or linear-oblong, 5–25(–30) mm, apex usually obtuse, retuse, or truncate and apiculate, rarely subacute, surfaces glabrous.

2–10 cm;

stipules (1–)2–11 mm, papery-scarious proximally, submembranous at distal nodes;

leaflets 13–23, blades narrowly elliptic to lanceolate-oblong, 4–18 mm, apex obtuse to retuse or acute, surfaces strigulose.

(10–)12–30(–35)-flowered, flowers subhorizontal or ascending;

axis (2–)2.5–12(–17) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3 mm.

5–15-flowered, flowers ascending-erect;

axis 0.5–2.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 3–7 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect, 2.5–13 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, 1.5–15 cm.

0.8–4(–4.8) mm.

0.5–1.5 mm.

(6.4–)7.8–13 mm;

calyx campanulate or ovoid-campanulate, 4–6.6 mm, strigulose, tube (2.5–)2.6–4.3 mm, lobes subulate, deltate, or triangular, 0.7–2.6 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, yellowish, or greenish white;

banner abruptly recurved through 60–90°, (6.4–)7.8–13 mm;

keel (6.2–)7.1–10.8 mm, apex narrowly deltate and triangular, subacute, somewhat beaklike.

17–24 mm;

calyx cylindric, 7–12.5 mm, villous, tube 5–7.8 mm, lobes linear, 2.5–5.5 mm;

corolla usually pink-purple, sometimes ochroleucous or nearly white;

keel 11.4–14 mm.

spreading or ascending (sometimes humistrate), pale green, sometimes purple-tinged or -speckled, becoming stramineous, obliquely ovoid, semi-ovoid or semi-ellipsoid, bladdery-inflated, somewhat obcompressed, 25–60 × 12–32 mm, beak prominent, papery, ± lustrous, usually strigulose, rarely glabrescent.

erect, green becoming dark, ± straight, oblong-ellipsoid, obtusely 3-sided, 7–10 × 2.8–4.5 mm, sulcate abaxially, scarcely swollen, thinly papery, densely silky-villous;

stipe 0.3–1 mm.

42–71(–76).

= 16.