Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

usually 3–10, decumbent to ascending, strigulose.

(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.

2–5(–6) cm;

stipules distinct, 1.5–4 mm, papery at proximal nodes, herbaceous or submembranous at distal nodes;

leaflets (5 or)7–13, blades oblong-obovate, -ovate, or obovate-cuneate, (2–)3–12 mm, apex obtuse, truncate, or retuse, surfaces glabrous.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(3–)7–15-flowered, flowers ascending becoming spreading, later declined;

axis (0.4–)1–3.5(–4.5) cm in fruit;

bracts 0.8–1.8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

divaricate, 1–4(–5.5) cm.

to 0.8 mm.

0.6–1.8 mm (in fruit).

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.

6.7–9.1 mm;

calyx campanulate, 3.5–4.5 mm, strigulose, tube 2–2.6 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, 1.3–1.9 mm;

corolla whitish, banner with lavender veins;

banner incurved through 45°;

keel 4.1–5.7 mm, apex obtuse, sometimes obscurely beaklike.

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.

deflexed or declined, purplish green becoming stramineous then brownish, lunately incurved, usually obliquely linear-oblong, oblanceoloid, or semi-ellipsoid, rarely semi-ovoid, somewhat inflated, almost bladdery, usually ± 3-sided compressed, (10–)15–28 × 3–9 mm, unilocular or subunilocular, thin becoming papery-membranous, translucent, sparsely and minutely strigulose, hairs straight, appressed;

seed-bearing flange to 2.5 mm wide, septum 0.5–1 mm.

(6–)8–14.

= 28.