Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, strigulose.

decumbent to ascending or erect, sparsely strigulose.

(2.5–)4–10 cm;

stipules 1.5–2.5 mm, papery at proximal nodes, herbaceous or with herbaceous tips at distal nodes;

leaflets (5 or)7–13, blades broadly oblong-elliptic to lanceolate-oblong or linear-elliptic, 2–10(–15) mm, apex obtuse to truncate, shallowly retuse, or subacute, surfaces strigulose abaxially, sparsely strigulose or glabrous adaxially.

2.5–9 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery at proximal nodes, connate or distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 4–13 mm;

leaflets 5–13, blades linear-oblong, 10–45(–60) mm, margins flat, elevated, apex obtuse to apiculate, surfaces strigose;

terminal leaflet decurrent, not jointed to rachis.

(3–)6–14-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis (1–)2–8 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.8–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

6–20-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 2–12 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–7 mm;

bracteoles 1 or 2.

straight, sometimes incurved-ascending, 3–15 cm.

erect and incurved-ascending, 3–12 cm.

0.5–2.2 mm.

1.5–4 mm.

7–10.5 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, (3.1–)3.6–5.5 mm, strigulose, tube (2.3–)2.8–4 mm, lobes triangular to subulate, 0.4–1.6 mm;

corolla ochroleucous or whitish suffused with lilac;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel (6.3–)7–10 mm, apex triangular and beaklike.

24–30 mm;

calyx 10–14.5 mm, strigose, tube 7–10.2 × 4.5–6.2 mm, lobes subulate, 2–4.5 mm;

corolla white, concolorous;

keel 13.6–20.2 mm.

persistent on receptacle until well after maturity, falling while still attached to pedicel, erect, stramineous, straight, linear-oblong, obtusely 3-sided compressed, 10–25 × 2.4–3.3 mm, ± bilocular, thinly fleshy becoming leathery, strigulose;

septum 1–1.4 mm wide;

sessile or subsessile.

deflexed, brown or stramineous, straight, oblong-ellipsoid, subterete becoming laterally compressed, 13–33 × 6–12 mm, fleshy becoming woody, glabrous or minutely puberulent;

sessile.

14–23.

20–28.