Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect to ascending, strigulose.

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.

(6–)9–22 cm;

stipules 4–8 mm, membranous becoming papery-scarious;

leaflets (17–)21–31, blades linear-oblong, narrowly oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or oval, (3–)8–22 mm, apex obtuse or truncate-emarginate, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

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

axis (2–)2.5–12(–17) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3 mm.

15–30-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 8–22 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

erect, 2.5–13 cm.

erect, 10–25(–30) cm.

0.8–4(–4.8) mm.

0.5–4 mm, clavately thickened in fruit.

(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.

10–10.7 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5–6.3 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 3.7–4.7 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, (1.9–)2.2–5.2 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, drying yellowish, immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 10.1–10.6 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, brownish stramineous, straight or slightly incurved or decurved, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, obcompressed, 15–23 × 4.5–6.3 mm, ± bilocular, ± fleshy becoming stiffly leathery, strigulose;

septum 0.5–0.9 mm wide;

stipe (2.5–)3–6 mm.

42–71(–76).

18–26.

= 24.