Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

to 6 cm, internodes ± obscured by stipules, densely villosulous and hirsute.

(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.

4–12 cm;

stipules 3.5–7 mm, submembranous becoming papery;

leaflets 11–17, blades elliptic to obovate, 2–14 mm, apex short-acuminate to acute, surfaces strigulose-villosulous, hairs ascending, dull.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

5–10-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.5–2 cm in fruit;

bracts 3–6 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(2–)4–11 cm.

ascending, 2–5.5 cm.

0.6–1.5 mm.

2–3 mm.

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.

18–22.5 mm;

calyx cylindric, 8.4–12 mm, villous, tube 6.2–7.5 mm, lobes subulate, 2–4 mm;

corolla whitish suffused with pale purple, keel tip purple;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 12–13.3 mm, 4.5–9 mm shorter than banner.

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.

ascending (not humistrate), sessile or substipitate, incurved, ovoid-ellipsoid, obcompressed, 10–20 × 5–10 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming stiffly leathery, densely hirsute, hairs lustrous, concealing surface, longest 2–2.5 mm.

12–16.

14–16.