Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

erect to ascending, strigulose.

(3–)4–12 cm;

stipules connate and scarious-papery at proximal nodes, distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 1.5–5 mm;

leaflets (17–)21–29, blades flat or loosely folded, oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic, 3–13 mm, apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, glabrate or glabrous adaxially.

(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.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

15–30-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 8–22 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

(2–)4–11 cm.

erect, 10–25(–30) cm.

0.6–1.5 mm.

0.5–4 mm, clavately thickened in fruit.

5.8–8 mm;

calyx marcescent, 3.4–4.3 mm, strigulose, hairs black and/or white, tube 2.1–2.7 mm, lobes subulate, 1–2 mm;

corolla whitish or, sometimes, greenish ochroleucous, immaculate;

banner abruptly incurved through 90°;

keel 4.2–5.6 mm.

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.

stramineous, straight or slightly incurved or decurved, linear-oblong or linear-oblanceolate, 3-sided compressed, 15–30 × (2.5–)3–4 mm, bilocular, papery, glabrous;

valves inflexed as complete septum 1.4–1.9 mm wide;

stipe 1.5–2.5 mm.

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.

12–16.

18–26.

= 24.