Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

slender, decumbent to incurved-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.

(2–)2.5–8.5 cm;

stipules: proximals connate-sheathing, bidentate scarious at proximal nodes, distinct or connate at base and subherbaceous at distal nodes, 2–5 mm;

leaflets 9–15, blades elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 2–8 mm, apex obtuse or subapiculate, surfaces strigulose.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

5–10(–14)-flowered;

axis (1–)1.5–4 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–1.2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(2–)4–11 cm.

ascending to declined, 2–5.5 cm.

0.6–1.5 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.

5–6 mm;

calyx 3.3–4 mm, strigose, hairs white or black, tube 2.1–2.7 mm, lobes subulate, 1–1.4 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.

pendulous (or humistrate), red-mottled, narrowly obovoid-ellipsoid, slightly dorsiventrally compressed, 8–14 × 4–6 mm, thin becoming papery-membranous, strigulose;

gynophore 0.5–1 mm.

12–16.

12–14(–16).