Flora of North America species comparison

erect or stiffly ascending, stout, with 5–10 well-developed internodes, pilose and tomentulose.

erect or ascending, softly villous-hirsute or shaggy-villous.

(9–)13–35 cm;

stipules distinct 6–17 mm, herbaceous;

leaflet blades broadly to narrowly elliptic, ovate, oblong-elliptic, or rhombic-elliptic, (7–)10–55 mm, apex acute or abruptly short-acuminate, often callous-apiculate, surfaces pilose and tomentulose.

4–13 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing or distinct at proximal nodes, distinct at distal nodes, (2–)3–12 mm, submembranous becoming papery-scarious;

leaflet blades oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, 4–33 mm, apex obtuse to truncate or emarginate, surfaces villous-pilose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(15–)20–55(–65)-flowered;

axis (3–)5–20(–24) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0.

14–30-flowered;

axis 3–22 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

erect, (8–)10–27 cm, together with racemes shorter than stems.

erect, 4–12(–15) cm.

(1.2–)1.5–9 mm.

1.5–5 mm.

(14.4–)15.5–22 mm;

calyx (7.8–)10–14.7 mm, silky-pilose or tomentulose, tube (6–)7–8.7 mm, lobes lanceolate-acuminate or linear-lanceolate, 3–6.5 mm;

corolla immaculate;

keel (11.5–)12–15.1 mm.

(16–)18–25 mm;

calyx 7–12.5 mm, sparsely villous, tube 4.7–8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.7–4.5 mm;

corolla keel 12–15 mm.

stiffly erect, becoming brownish stramineous then blackish, 15–25 × 8–13 mm, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous.

stramineous, 17–32 × 3.5–5.5 mm, fleshy becoming stiffly papery or leathery, glabrous;

septum 0.6–1.5 mm wide;

stipe 5–11 mm.

= 22.

= 22.