Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, glabrate to densely strigulose.

erect or ascending, strigulose.

2.5–12 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery-membranous at proximal nodes, distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 2–5 mm;

leaflets (5–)9–23, blades linear to narrowly elliptic or oblong, 3–25(–30) mm, apex obtuse to truncate, retuse, or subacute, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes strigose.

mostly in sub-basal cluster, (6–)10–30 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, mostly connate at distal nodes, 3–10(–11) mm, scarious throughout;

leaflets (9–)13–25(–31), blades linear-oblong, linear-elliptic, lanceolate, or subfiliform, 3–23 mm, apex obtuse, acute, or retuse, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, usually glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet sometimes continuous with rachis.

(4–)6–30-flowered, 1 per leaf axil;

axis 4–22 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

7–20-flowered, flowers ascending to spreading;

axis (3–)4–13(–15) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

erect or ascending, 4.5–22 cm.

erect, sometimes divergent in fruit, 5–33 cm, together with racemes longer than stems.

1.5–6 mm.

1–4.5 mm.

10–14.3(–15) mm;

calyx subcylindric to campanulate, 4–7.7 mm, strigulose, hairs black and white, tube 3.3–6.4 × 2.4–3.5(–4.4) mm, lobes triangular, 0.5–1.5 mm;

corolla whitish to ochroleucous, keel immaculate or bright yellow;

banner recurved through 50–85°;

keel abruptly incurved through 95–120°, blades about as long as claws, (6.7–)7.6–10(–12) mm, apex deltate or triangular.

15–25.5 mm;

calyx campanulate, cylindric, or subcylindric, 7–12 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 4.9–9.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.3–3(–4) mm;

corolla whitish with keel tip purple, sometimes banner and wings also purple-tipped, sometimes purple throughout;

banner recurved through 30–45°, oblanceolate or broadly rhombic-oblanceolate, 16–25.5 mm, apex emarginate;

keel 11.6–17.5 mm.

pale green, not mottled, not stramineous, straight, oblong to ellipsoid, strongly laterally compressed, 17–30(–35) × (3–)3.5–6.5 mm, papery, glabrous or strigulose;

stipe 6–16 mm.

stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, oblong-ellipsoid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, obcompressed, 12–25 × 4.3–8 mm, sub-bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery or subligneous, glabrous or strigulose;

septum to 1.4 mm wide;

sessile.

11–22.

15–30.

= 22, 24.