Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect to ascending, 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.

4–15(–18) cm;

stipules 2–4(–6) mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets 11–19(or 21), blades linear-oblong, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, or obovate, 2–13 mm, apex obtuse, subtruncate, or shallowly retuse, surfaces strigose, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

(15–)20–55(–65)-flowered;

axis (3–)5–20(–24) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(5–)8–15-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis (3–)5–18(–20) cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–2.3 mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

erect, 6–21(–24) cm.

(1.2–)1.5–9 mm.

1–2.8 mm, little or no clavate thickening in fruit.

(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.

10.5–13.8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 4.8–6.3 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 3.1–4.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.1 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, keel tip tinged lilac;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 8.5–9.6 mm.

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

erect, pale green or purplish becoming stramineous, straight, linear-oblong, 3-sided compressed, lateral face flat, dorsal face narrower and grooved, 15–30 × 2.7–4 mm, ± bilocular, thin becoming papery, glabrous;

septum 1–2 mm wide;

stipe 3.5–7 mm.

16–18.

= 22.