Flora of North America species comparison

reduced to thick crowns.

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.

2–15(–17) cm;

stipules 3–11 mm, firm becoming papery;

leaflets (3 or)5–19, blades elliptic to oblong, 3–35 mm, apex acute, surfaces strigose, hairs gray or silvery.

2–8-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.2–2.7 cm in fruit;

bracts 3.5–10 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(1–)3–8-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.2–2 cm in fruit;

bracts 4–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

0.5–11 cm.

erect or incurved, 1–13(–14) cm.

1.4–5 mm.

1.2–3 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.

(18–)22–27 mm;

calyx cylindric, 10.5–16(–17) mm, pilose-villous, tube (7–)8–12(–13) mm, lobes subulate to narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–5.7 mm;

corolla usually ochroleucous, faintly to strongly suffused with purple, rarely pink-purple;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 18–22 mm.

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.

ascending (humistrate), brown, incurved, obliquely lanceoloid-ovoid, obcompressed, 15–40 × 5–10(–12) mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery or subligneous, villous-hirsute, surface visible through long, shining hairs.

27–40(–46).

26–36.