Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, strigulose.

many, decumbent, glabrous or sparsely strigose.

(2–)3–11 cm;

stipules 3–9 mm, papery proximally, herbaceous distally;

leaflets 9–15(or 17), blades elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic or oblong, 1–22(–30) mm, apex obtuse, surfaces strigose abaxially, glabrous or glabrate adaxially.

3–7 cm;

stipules 2.5–5 mm, membranous or membranous-margined;

leaflets 13–25(–29), blades oblanceolate or obovate-cuneate, 6–16 mm, apex retuse or apiculate, surfaces glabrous (except midrib sparsely strigose) abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(5–)7–27-flowered;

axis (1–)3.5–28 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0(or 1).

5–7-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 1.5–2 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4 mm;

bracteoles 2.

erect or incurved-ascending, (3.5–)5–18 cm, surpassing subtending leaf.

reclined in fruit, 2–6 cm.

0.5–2 mm (0.8–3 mm in fruit).

1.5–5 mm.

(4.1–)5.5–8 mm;

calyx marcescent, 3.3–5.4 mm, strigulose to pilosulous, tube 2.5–3.5 mm, lobes narrowly lanceolate, 0.9–1.6 mm;

corolla blue-purple, pale pink, or whitish;

keel 4–5.7 mm.

16–23 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 9.5–11 mm, strigulose, tube 5.5–6.5 mm, lobes linear-subulate, 3.5–4.5 mm;

corolla whitish;

keel 12–13 mm.

spreading or reflexed, dark when dry, usually somewhat decurved, subsymmetrically or obliquely ovoid-ellipsoid, laterally compressed, (4–)5–12(–13) × (2.3–)2.5–5.5 mm, sub-bilocular, firmly papery, base cuneate, apex shortly cuspidate, strigose-pilosulous;

valves inflexed as hyaline septum (0.2–)0.4–1.2 mm wide;

sessile or subsessile.

ascending (humistrate), stramineous, slightly incurved, obliquely oblong-ovoid, obcompressed, 20–40 × (9–)11–19 mm, bilocular, fleshy becoming woody, glabrous;

septum 3–4 mm wide;

stipe 5–20 mm.

4–8.

26–28.

= 16, 32.