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.

3–20 cm;

stipules 5–15 mm;

leaflets 5–11(or 13), blades lanceolate to elliptic or obovate, 6–25 mm, apex acute, surfaces densely strigose.

2–8-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.2–2.7 cm in fruit;

bracts 3.5–10 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(4 or)5–8-flowered, flowers erect-ascending;

axis 0.2–1 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–6 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

0.5–11 cm.

recurved in fruit, 1.5–11 cm.

1.4–5 mm.

1.2–4 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.

17.5–23 mm;

calyx cylindric, (8.5–)9.5–14 mm, loosely strigulose, tube 7–11 mm, lobes linear-subulate, 1–3.5 mm;

corolla ochroleucous or greenish white, often tinged faintly purplish, keel tip purple;

banner recurved through 35–45°;

keel (14–)15–18.5 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 in fruit), reddish to stramineous, incurved, plumply ovoid, inflated, moderately obcompressed, (15–)17–23 × 10–15 mm, unilocular, leathery, hirsute, hairs lustrous, to 2+ mm.

27–40(–46).

24–38.