Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

decumbent, with ascending tips, silvery green hairy.

(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.

3–5.2 cm;

stipules triangular, 1–4.5 mm, papery;

leaflets: terminal ones jointed, blades flat, oval to obovate, (5.7–)8–9.3(–15) × (4.5–)6–7.5(–12) mm, surfaces strigose.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

2–7-flowered;

axis 0.5–1.2 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–2.5 mm, hyaline;

bracteoles 0.

(2–)4–11 cm.

prostrate, 1.3–2.5 cm, shorter than subtending leaf.

0.6–1.5 mm.

2.5–3 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.

20–23 mm;

calyx 11.4–12.7 mm, tube 8.7–9.7 mm, lobes subulate, 2.7–3.5 mm;

corolla white tinged pinkish, fading cream.

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.

often red-mottled, 37–47 × 23–33 mm (when pressed), hairy;

sessile on thickened gynophore 1.2–1.5 mm.

12–16.

26.