Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

prostrate or decumbent to ascending, villous.

(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.

2.5–13 cm;

stipules distinct, 2.5–7 mm, herbaceous becoming membranous;

leaflets (9–)15–25(–29), blades narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 4–16 mm, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces villous or villous-pilose.

(5–)10–30-flowered;

axis (1.5–)3–19 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 2.

(6–)12–30-flowered, flowers spreading;

axis (1–)1.5–5(–7) cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(2–)4–11 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, 3–10 cm.

0.6–1.5 mm.

0.2–0.8 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.

7–11(–11.7) mm;

calyx campanulate, (5–)5.6–8.3 mm, villous or villous-tomentose, tube (2.5–)3.1–4.5 × (2.4–)2.6–3.6 mm, lobes narrowly subulate, (2.4–)2.6–3.6 mm, somewhat accrescent, covering most or all of mature legume;

corolla whitish, often tinged lavender, immaculate or keel tip maculate, drying ochroleucous;

banner recurved through 50°;

keel 5.2–7.4 mm, apex obtuse, sometimes obscurely beaklike.

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 to ascending, straight, obliquely ovoid, somewhat laterally compressed, (3.5–)4–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm, stiffly papery, densely villous-tomentulose, hairs 1+ mm.

12–16.

4–10.

= 24.