Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect or ascending, usually shorter than longest peduncles, sparsely strigulose.

(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.

4–17 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, connate or distinct at distal nodes, 1.5–7 mm, scarious;

leaflets 5–15, blades filiform to linear or narrowly elliptic, 2–23 mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces strigose abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet sometimes decurrent distally, not jointed to rachis.

(15–)20–55(–65)-flowered;

axis (3–)5–20(–24) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0.

6–34-flowered;

axis 3–25 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0 or 1.

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

erect, 4–25 cm, together with racemes longer than stems, much surpassing subtending leaves.

(1.2–)1.5–9 mm.

0.3–2 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.

7–11 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5–7.5 mm, white-pilose, tube 3–4 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, 1.8–3.5 mm;

corolla marcescent, pink-purple;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 5.7–7 mm.

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

ascending-spreading, stramineous, slightly incurved, ovoid to ellipsoid, obcompressed, 5.5–8 × 2.3–3.4 mm, thinly fleshy becoming papery, strigulose.

4–6.

= 22.