Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

prostrate (and radiating) or weakly ascending, sparsely strigulose-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.

(2.5–)3.5–9(–11.5) cm;

stipules 2.5–6.5 mm, thinly herbaceous becoming papery;

leaflets (9–)13–19(or 21), blades firm, obovate, obovate-cuneate, or oblong-obovate, (2–)4–15 mm, veins not apparent, apex deeply emarginate, surfaces glabrous and sparsely strigose on margins and midrib abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

8–20-flowered;

axis (1–)1.5–4(–4.5) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

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

incurved-ascending becoming procumbent, (3–)4.5–9.5 cm.

to 0.8 mm.

0.5–2.6 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.

11.4–17.4 mm;

calyx (5.8–)6.1–9 mm, strigulose, tube 3.3–4.8 mm, lobes lanceolate to lanceolate-caudate, (2–)2.4–4 mm;

corolla white to greenish white or cream, keel tip immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 8.6–12.7 mm, apex round or sharply deltate, sometimes 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.

ascending (humistrate), stramineous or blackish brown, straight or gently incurved, semi-obovoid or lunately oblanceoloid, somewhat laterally compressed, 15–21 × 5–8 mm, sub-bilocular, somewhat fleshy becoming leathery, not especially reticulate, glabrous;

gynophore 0.6–1.6 mm.

18–26.