Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

decumbent to ascending or erect, diffuse, 3–10(–17) cm underground, appressed-hairy or 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.

(2–)3–11 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery at proximal nodes, ± distinct or connate to 1/2 their length and herbaceous becoming papery at distal nodes, 2–6 mm;

leaflets 7–27, blades broadly to narrowly elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, obovate-cuneate, or linear-oblong, 3–16 mm, apex truncate-emarginate or obtuse, surfaces strigulose abaxially, sparsely hairy adaxially.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

5–19(–27)-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis (0.5–)1.5–6.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–6 mm;

bracteoles (0 or) 2.

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

ascending, usually stout and ± straight, 2–8(–11.5) cm.

to 0.8 mm.

1–2.9 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.

13.4–21 mm;

calyx campanulate or cylindric-campanulate, 6–10.6 mm, villosulous, tube 4.9–8 mm, lobes subulate to triangular, 1.1–2.8 mm;

corolla bright pink-purple or pale and lilac-tinged;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 10.4–14 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.

spreading to declined, green, sometimes red-mottled, becoming brown or stramineous, straight or nearly so, oblong or ovoid-ellipsoid, turgid or somewhat inflated, not bladdery, 15–24 × (4.5–)5–9.5 mm, leathery, sparsely strigulose to villosulous;

sessile or subsessile.

25–36.