Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

ascending to erect, 1–9(–15) cm underground, 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.

2.5–9 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery-membranous at proximal nodes, distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, (1–)1.5–4 mm;

leaflets 7–17, blades linear, linear-oblong to narrowly oblong, oblanceolate, or cuneate-oblong, (3–)5–20(–25) mm, apex retuse, surfaces strigulose.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

loosely (6–)12–45(–55)-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis (1.5–)3–13(–17) cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–1.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(2–)4–11 cm.

erect, ascending or incurved, or divaricate, 3–13 cm.

0.6–1.5 mm.

0.7–1.8 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.

5.3–8.4 mm;

calyx campanulate, 2.1–3.3 mm, strigose, tube 1–2.7 mm, lobes deltate to triangular-subulate, 0.4–0.9 mm;

corolla pink-purple, banner purple-veined;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 3.7–6.1 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.

declined or deflexed, brown or stramineous, obliquely subglobose, plumply ovoid, or ovoid-ellipsoid, obcompressed, (4–)4.3–8(–9) × 2.3–3.6 mm, fleshy becoming stiffly leathery, strigulose to villosulous;

sessile.

12–16.

5–9.