Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

erect to ascending, becoming stout, fistulose, strigulose, sometimes glabrate proximally.

(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.

6–12(–15) cm;

stipules 3–9.5 mm, submembranous becoming papery-scarious, pallid;

leaflets 11–21(or 23), blades narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate to broadly obovate or oblong-obovate, 5–25 mm, apex obtuse to retuse, surfaces proximally glabrous, distally pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

10–27-flowered, flowers spreading-ascending;

axis 3.5–10 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4.2 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

incurved-ascending, (2.5–)4–10 cm.

to 0.8 mm.

0.9–3 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.

(17–)20–25(–27) mm;

calyx (7.7–)8.2–10.5 mm, sparsely to densely strigulose, tube (5.3–)5.7–7.8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.8–3.1 mm;

corolla purple, wing tips pale or white;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel (9.6–)11.2–16.4 mm, apex bluntly triangular.

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.

firmly attached to receptacle, falling while attached to pedicel, deflexed or declined, green or purplish green becoming stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, narrowly to plumply oblong-ellipsoid, somewhat obcompressed, 20–39 × 7–11 mm, sub-bilocular, thick, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous or minutely puberulent;

septum 1.3–2.3 mm wide;

stipe 0–0.6 mm.

29–52.

= 24.