Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

decumbent to ascending, proximal internodes greatly shortened, villosulous.

(2–)4–17 cm;

stipules 4–13(–16) mm, papery-scarious, pallid;

leaflet blades oblong to elliptic, (4–)7–27(–33) mm, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces sparsely to moderately strigose, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

(3–)5–12 cm;

stipules obscuring proximal internodes, 3–6 mm, papery-membranous at proximal nodes;

leaflet blades lanceolate-oblong, oblong, or oblong-elliptic, 6–22 mm, apex emarginate or retuse, surfaces villosulous, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

7–15-flowered;

axis 1.5–7.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–3.3 mm;

bracteoles (0–)2.

erect or incurved-ascending, (3–)4–14(–16.5) cm.

incurved-ascending, 4.5–15 cm.

to 0.8 mm.

ascending, 1.5–3.3 mm.

11.5–19.5 mm;

calyx [4.8–]5.6–10.5 mm, strigulose, tube [3–]4–7 × 2–3.2 mm, lobes subulate or subulate-setaceous, 0.4–4.2 mm;

corolla keel 8–15 mm.

13.8–19.3 mm;

calyx 6–9.4 mm, villosulous, tube 4.2–5.5 mm, lobes subulate, 1.7–4 mm;

corolla whitish, drying ochroleucous or yellowish;

keel 9.5–12.3 mm.

stramineous, ovoid-, oblong-, or lanceoloid-ellipsoid, or narrowly oblong, [5.5–]6–12 × 2.3–4 mm, thin becoming papery, strigulose;

stipe 0–1.8 mm.

pendulous (humistrate), brownish stramineous, oblong-ovoid or semi-ovoid, 10–25 × (4–)4.5–12 mm, fleshy becoming leathery or woody, glabrous or loosely strigulose;

stipe 5–12 mm.