Flora of North America species comparison

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

few or several, ascending to erect, proximalmost internodes very short, strigulose or villosulous.

(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–)6–17 cm;

stipules obscuring proximal internodes, 3–11 mm, papery-membranous at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (7 or)9–17, blades obovate, lanceolate, or broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 8–20(–26) mm, apex obtuse to emarginate, surfaces strigose or sparsely so abaxially, strigose, glabrous, or glabrescent adaxially.

(15–)20–55(–65)-flowered;

axis (3–)5–20(–24) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0.

7–35-flowered, flowers ascending to declined;

axis 2.5–14(–25) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

erect, 6–16 cm, together with racemes usually longer than leaves, often sub-basal and appearing scapelike.

(1.2–)1.5–9 mm.

1–3.5 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.

12–17(–18) mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 6–7.8 mm, black-pilosulous, tube 4.5–5.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.7 mm;

corolla ochroleucous with keel tip dull purple, banner sometimes suffused with lavender, or pink-purple and wing tips pale or white;

keel 9.5–13 mm.

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

persisting on receptacle until well after maturity, falling while still attached to pedicel, erect to ascending, straight or slightly incurved, narrowly oblong, subterete, laterally compressed when pressed, not grooved ventrally, 15–26(–30) × 4–6 mm, ± bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, silky-pilose or villous, hairs 1+ mm;

septum 2.5–3.5(–4) mm wide;

stipe 0.5–1.5 mm.

24–36.

= 22.