Flora of North America species comparison

reduced to thick crowns.

decumbent or prostrate, often with 2+ apparent internodes, internodes to 1–1.5 cm, hirsute or tomentose.

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.

2.5–7 cm;

stipules 3–8 mm, submembranous;

leaflets (7 or)9–17, blades broadly obovate to oblong-obovate or obovate-cuneate, (2–)3–12 mm, apex obtuse or emarginate, surfaces hirsute and tomentose.

2–8-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.2–2.7 cm in fruit;

bracts 3.5–10 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(3 or)4–10-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.5–3 cm in fruit;

bracts 4–6.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

0.5–11 cm.

incurved-ascending, decumbent in fruit, 2.5–6.5 cm.

1.4–5 mm.

1.7–4.5 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.

(22–)24–29 mm;

calyx cylindro-campanulate, (11.5–)12.5–16 mm, densely hirsute, tube (8–)9.2–12.4 mm, lobes broadly subulate, 3–4.3 mm;

corolla pink-purple, wing and keel tips maculate;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel (21.5–)24–27.5 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), ± straight proximally, gently incurved distally, obliquely lanceoloid-ellipsoid, obcompressed proximally, (25–)30–50 × 10–15 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, densely hirsute, hairs lustrous, wavy or contorted, (1–)2–2.5 mm.

27–40(–46).

40–50.