Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

decumbent to prostrate, 5–8 cm underground, 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.

(1.5–)3–9.5 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and scarious at proximal nodes, distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 1.5–5 mm;

leaflets (7–)11–19, blades broadly or narrowly cuneate, obovate-cuneate, or oblanceolate, 4–20 mm, apex retuse, surfaces villosulous abaxially, strigose to glabrescent adaxially.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

10–30-flowered;

axis 2.5–10 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3(–4.5) mm;

bracteoles 2.

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

incurved-ascending, 3–10(–12.5) cm.

to 0.8 mm.

1.5–4.3 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.

14–17(–18) mm;

calyx ovoid-campanulate to subcylindric, gibbous behind pedicel, 9.5–12.3 mm, villosulous or villous-tomentulose, tube 7.6–9.8 mm, lobes triangular, 2.3–3.7 mm;

corolla dull yellow;

banner strongly recurved or recurved through 90°;

keel 12–15 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 (or humistrate, apparently ascending), green or purple-mottled becoming stramineous, incurved through 0.5 spiral, lunately or falcately oblong, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, or linear-oblong, laterally compressed, bicarinate by sutures, 22–30 × (4–)4.5–8 mm, fleshy becoming woody, villosulous or glabrous;

stipe (7–)10–22 mm.

18–30.