Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

decumbent to erect, 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.

(6–)8–20(–24) cm;

stipules 3–8 mm, submembranous early becoming papery;

leaflets (9–)17–25, blades oblong, elliptic, rhombic-ovate, or rhombic-lanceolate to linear-elliptic, (7–)10–20(–28) mm, apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

(9–)15–30-flowered, flowers spreading to nodding;

axis (3–)5–17 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

(2–)4–11 cm.

erect, 8–16 cm.

0.6–1.5 mm.

1.5–5 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.

18.5–20.5 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 9.6–12.2 mm, strigulose, tube 7–9 mm, lobes triangular to subulate, (1–)2–3.2 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, immaculate;

banner recurved through 50°;

keel 13–15 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.

erect, green, sometimes suffused or speckled with purple, becoming stramineous, straight or nearly so, subsymmetrically oblong- or ovoid-ellipsoid, moderately inflated, obcompressed, both sutures grooved, 11–22 × (4.5–)6.5–10 mm, base truncate, ± bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous;

septum 1.4–1.8 mm wide;

stipe 12–18 mm.

12–16.

21–32.