Flora of North America species comparison

reduced to thick crowns.

decumbent to ascending, sparsely strigose.

1.5–14(–15) cm;

stipules (2.5–)4–11 mm, submembranous becoming scarious or papery;

leaflets 1–13(or 15), blades obovate to elliptic, oblanceolate, or orbiculate, 3–20 mm, apex acute to obtuse or retuse, surfaces villous-tomentulose.

5–8 cm;

stipules distinct throughout, 1.7–3.3 mm;

leaflets 15–23, blades obovate-cuneate or oblong-oblanceolate, 7–16 mm, apex mostly truncate-retuse to obtuse, surfaces sparsely pubescent abaxially, nearly glabrous adaxially.

2–8-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.2–2.7 cm in fruit;

bracts 3.5–10 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

7–20-flowered, flowers ascending at anthesis;

axis 1.5–4.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.4–2.7 mm;

bracteoles usually 2.

0.5–11 cm.

6–10 cm.

1.4–5 mm.

2 mm.

14–32 mm;

calyx cylindric or campanulate, 7–20 mm, villous, tube 5–16 mm, lobes subulate to lanceolate, 1–4 mm;

corolla pink-purple;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 12–26 mm.

14–19 mm;

calyx campanulate to subcylindric, 7.5–8.8 mm, tube 6–7.3 mm, teeth 1.5 mm, acuminate;

corolla creamy-white, often tinged rose or lavender, especially on keel tip;

banner recurved through 40–50°.

ascending (humistrate), brown-stramineous, incurved, obliquely ovoid, obcompressed, (13–)18–28(–36) × 7–13(–17) mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, sparsely hirtellous to densely villous-tomentose, usually concealing surfaces.

spreading or pendulous, falcately oblong, laterally compressed, 28–37 × 3–3.5 mm, bicarinate, unilocular, sparsely white-strigose;

stipe 6–9 mm.

27–40(–46).

unknown.