Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, pilosulous.

decumbent and ascending, woolly-tomentulose.

both cauline and in sub-basal cluster, (5–)7–20 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, (3–)5–11 mm, fragile, submembranous early becoming papery-scarious;

leaflets 25–37, blades linear-elliptic, linear-oblong, oblanceolate, or ovate-oblong, 5–27 mm, apex obtuse, acute, or retuse, surfaces pilosulous, sometimes glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet often continuous with rachis.

(2.5–)4–12 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, mostly connate at distal nodes, 2–5.5 mm, submembranous;

leaflet blades oblong-oblanceolate, oblong-obovate, or oblong-ovate, (3–)6–12(–22) mm, apex retuse or obtuse, surfaces white-pannose.

(6–)10–30-flowered, flowers ascending to spreading;

axis (3–)5–18 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–9.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

10–30-flowered;

axis (1–)2–9 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

erect, 12–30 cm, together with racemes longer than stems.

ascending, (3–)5–13 cm.

1–3.7 mm.

0.8–3 mm.

18–23 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, (10–)11–15 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube (5.7–)6–7.9 × 3.6–4.8 mm, lobes lanceolate or lanceolate-caudate, (2.6–)4.6–6.7(–7.5) mm;

corolla cream, immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 13.4–15.6 mm.

12.5–16 mm;

calyx 6.6–7.9 mm, white-tomentulose, tube 4.1–4.8 mm, lobes broadly subulate, 2.3–3.5 mm;

corolla whitish or ochroleucous, concolorous, drying yellowish;

keel (9–)9.3–12 mm.

brownish stramineous, ± straight, broadly oblong-ovoid to narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, obcompressed, 11–22 × 4.5–7.2 mm, unilocular or sub-bilocular, fleshy becoming stiffly leathery or subligneous, usually villous-pilose or glabrescent, rarely glabrous;

septum to 1 mm wide;

sessile.

pale green or purplish becoming stramineous, 16–26 × (9–)13–23 mm, papery, somewhat translucent, finely tomentulose.