Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

single or few, usually decumbent to ascending, rarely erect, villous-hirsutulous.

(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.

1.5–7 cm;

stipules distinct, 1–4 mm, subherbaceous becoming papery;

leaflets (5–)9–15, blades oblanceolate to oblong or obovate, 2–13 mm, apex retuse to truncate or obtuse, surfaces loosely villous, sometimes glabrate adaxially.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

2–7-flowered, flowers ascending-spreading;

axis 0.3–2.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

incurved-ascending, 0.5–4 cm.

to 0.8 mm.

0.8–2 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.

5.2–8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 3.3–6.2 mm, hirsutulous, tube 1.8–2.5 mm, lobes subulate, 1.8–3.5 mm;

corolla usually pink-purple, rarely ochroleucous and tinged with purple;

banner recurved 50–70°;

keel (5–)5.4–6.5 mm, apex narrowly triangular, sometimes slightly 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.

spreading-declined, green or purple-cheeked or -dotted, becoming brownish or stramineous, lunately incurved or hooked, obliquely ovoid, turgid or somewhat inflated, 9–17(–20) × (4–)5–8(–11) mm, thinly fleshy becoming leathery or stiffly papery, white-villous or hirsute, hairs spreading, curved, 0.7–2.2 mm.

10–19.

= 24.