Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

few or several, ascending to erect, proximalmost internodes very short, strigulose or villosulous.

(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–)6–17 cm;

stipules obscuring proximal internodes, 3–11 mm, papery-membranous at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (7 or)9–17, blades obovate, lanceolate, or broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 8–20(–26) mm, apex obtuse to emarginate, surfaces strigose or sparsely so abaxially, strigose, glabrous, or glabrescent adaxially.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

7–35-flowered, flowers ascending to declined;

axis 2.5–14(–25) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(2–)4–11 cm.

erect, 6–16 cm, together with racemes usually longer than leaves, often sub-basal and appearing scapelike.

0.6–1.5 mm.

1–3.5 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.

12–17(–18) mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 6–7.8 mm, black-pilosulous, tube 4.5–5.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.7 mm;

corolla ochroleucous with keel tip dull purple, banner sometimes suffused with lavender, or pink-purple and wing tips pale or white;

keel 9.5–13 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.

persisting on receptacle until well after maturity, falling while still attached to pedicel, erect to ascending, straight or slightly incurved, narrowly oblong, subterete, laterally compressed when pressed, not grooved ventrally, 15–26(–30) × 4–6 mm, ± bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, silky-pilose or villous, hairs 1+ mm;

septum 2.5–3.5(–4) mm wide;

stipe 0.5–1.5 mm.

12–16.

24–36.