Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

prostrate, 1–9 cm underground, strigulose-pilose.

(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(–6.5) cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, distinct or obscurely connate at distal nodes, 1–5 mm, membranous;

leaflets (9 or)11–17, blades elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or obovate, 2–8.5 mm, apex emarginate or obtuse, surfaces strigulose.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(2–)4–13-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis (0.5–)1.5–9 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

ascending, (3–)4.5–13 cm.

to 0.8 mm.

1.2–2.6 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.

9–9.8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 5.4–7.6 mm, villosulous, tube 3.4–4.6 mm, lobes subulate, 1.9–2.3 mm;

corolla yellowish, drying ochroleucous, immaculate;

banner recurved through 75°;

keel 9–9.8 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.

ascending, green and purple-mottled, incurved, lunately ellipsoid-oblanceoloid, 3-sided compressed, (13–)15–23 × 3.3–4 mm, papery, loosely strigulose-pilosulous;

valves inflexed, septum 0–0.5 mm wide; obscurely stipitate, gynophore 1–1.5 mm.

10–12.