Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, decumbent, or prostrate, sparsely strigulose.

erect or ascending, sparsely strigulose.

1–6(–7) cm;

stipules distinct throughout, triangular or lanceolate, (1–)1.5–5 mm, submembranous;

leaflets (7–)11–17(or 19), blades oblong-, obovate-, or oblanceolate-cuneate, 2–11(–12) mm, apex retuse or emarginate, surfaces glabrous, sometimes hairs present on margins and midrib abaxially.

2–15 cm;

stipules 1.5–5 mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflet blades linear, linear-oblanceolate, or filiform, 5–30 mm, apex acute, subacute, or, often, mucronate, surfaces silvery-canescent, more densely so adaxially;

terminal leaflet sometimes decurrent distally, not jointed to rachis.

(1 or)2–7(–12)-flowered, flowers spreading to ascending;

axis 0–1.2(–2) cm in fruit;

bracts 0.8–2 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(3–)5–25-flowered;

axis 2–20 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–4 mm;

bracteoles 2.

erect or divaricate, (2–)2.5–9(–10) cm.

erect, 3–25 cm.

0.4–1.7 mm.

0.7–4 mm.

(5.2–)8.3–12(–13.2) mm;

calyx (3–)3.6–4.5(–5.3) mm, strigulose, tube (1.8–)2–2.4(–2.8) mm, lobes broadly subulate, 1.2–2.2(–2.8) mm;

corolla pink-purple, wings often marked with white;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel (4.5–)6–7.8(–9) mm, apex narrowly acute-triangular, often beaklike.

14.5–26 mm;

calyx 7.9–13.7 mm, strigulose, tube 6.5–10 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, 1.5–4.3 mm;

corolla keel 12.8–18.5 mm.

style glabrous.

dehiscent on plant, spreading or ascending, green or purplish becoming brownish then black, straight or slightly incurved, linear or linear-oblanceoloid, 3-sided compressed, (17–)20–37 × 2.2–3.1 mm, slightly fleshy becoming papery, glabrous;

stipe 0 mm or pseudostipe to 0.5 mm.

firmly attached to receptacle, falling while still attached to pedicel, stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, obliquely ovoid or plumply oblong, 15–31 × 5–12 mm, fleshy becoming woody, glabrous;

septum (0–)1–2.5(–4) mm wide.

(17–)20–26.

= 26.