Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

obscured by stipules and marcescent leaf bases.

(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.

unifoliolate or palmately trifoliolate, 1–3.5 cm;

stipules sometimes ruptured in age, 7–12 mm, hyaline;

leaflet blades spatulate to elliptic, (3–)5–9 mm, apex acute to subacute, surfaces silvery-pilosulous.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

1- or 2-flowered, capitate;

axis obsolete or very short;

bracts sometimes tridentate, 3–6 mm;

bracteoles 2.

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

subobsolete.

to 0.8 mm.

subobsolete.

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.

12.3–17 mm;

calyx 8.3–10.5 mm, loosely villous, tube 5.9–6.5 mm, lobes linear to narrowly subulate, 2.4–4.2 mm;

corolla whitish to ochroleucous, petals glabrous abaxially;

banner differentiated into blade and claw, with shoulderlike projections at middle;

keel 11.1–12.8 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.

green, straight or slightly decurved, narrowly ellipsoid, 7–10 × 2.5–3 mm, fleshy becoming leathery, densely strigose-hirsutulous.

11–14.