Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

decumbent to ascending, 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.

2–7 cm;

stipules 2–4.5 mm, papery at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (9 or)11–17(or 19), blades obovate-cuneate or oblong-oblanceolate, (4–)6–16 mm, apex truncate-retuse to obtuse, surfaces villosulous.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

8–16-flowered;

axis 1.5–4.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–3 mm;

bracteoles usually 2.

(2–)4–11 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, 4.5–12 cm.

0.6–1.5 mm.

1.5–3.5 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.

16.6–20 mm;

calyx 9–11.5 mm, densely villosulous, tube 6.9–8.5 mm, not swollen or gibbous proximally, marcescent, lobes triangular, 1.4–3 mm;

corolla whitish, keel tip faintly maculate;

keel 12–13.4 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.

spreading or pendulous, stramineous, lunate- or hamate-incurved, laterally falcately oblong, laterally compressed, 18–30 × (4–)5–7 mm, fleshy becoming leathery, densely villosulous;

stipe 5–8 mm.

12–16.

24–30.

= 22.