Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, sparsely strigulose.

erect to spreading or ascending, sparsely hirsute-hirsutulous.

(2.5–)4–10 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery at proximal nodes, connate or distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 2.5–10 mm;

leaflets 3–11, blades linear-oblong or oblanceolate, (6–)15–50 mm, margins flat, elevated, apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous or strigulose adaxially;

terminal leaflet decurrent, not jointed to rachis.

2–8 cm;

stipules (2–)2.5–7 mm, papery-scarious proximally, herbaceous distally;

leaflet blades oblong-ovate, oblong-obovate, or obovate-cuneate, (3–)5–15 mm, apex retuse, surfaces hirsute-hirsutulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(5–)9–27-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 1–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–7 mm;

bracteoles 2.

3–10-flowered;

axis 0.4–1 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.5–1.1 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect and strict, 3–10 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, (3–)4–8.5 cm.

2–7 mm.

0.5–1.4 mm.

15–22.5 mm;

calyx 6.5–10.3 mm, strigose, tube 5.2–8 × 2.9–4.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.5 mm;

corolla cream;

keel (11.5–)12.7–15.2 mm.

4.2–5.2 mm;

calyx 1.9–2.7 mm, white pilosulous, tube 1.1–1.5 mm, lobes subulate, 0.7–1.2 mm;

corolla keel 4.3–5 mm.

erect or ascending, brown or stramineous, ± straight, narrowly oblong or oblong-ellipsoid, terete or somewhat laterally compressed, 9–18 × 2.7–3.5 mm, fleshy becoming stiffly leathery, usually glabrous, rarely strigulose;

sessile.

green, usually with purple spots, becoming brownish, 5.5–9 × 2.5–5.5 mm, stiffly papery, glabrous;

gynophore 0.1–0.5 mm.

(14–)16–21(–23).

= 44.