Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent or prostrate, strigulose to villosulous.

erect or ascending, 0–2.5 cm underground, sparsely villosulous or glabrous proximally.

2.5–7.5(–9) cm;

stipules 1.5–4 mm, papery-membranous;

leaflets (13–)17–25(or 27), blades broadly elliptic, oval, or oblong, 1–6.5 mm, apex obtuse or retuse, surfaces strigulose to villosulous, sometimes glabrous or glabrescent adaxially.

(3–)4–12 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, connate or distinct at distal nodes, (1.5–)2–6 mm, scarious;

leaflet blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, oblanceolate, linear-oblong, or oblong-obovate, (3–)5–20(–23) mm, apex acute to subobtuse or retuse, surfaces villosulous.

loosely (4–)6–12-flowered;

axis 1–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.5–1.8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

6–12(–14)-flowered;

axis 2.5–10 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.3–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

0.5–5.5 cm.

erect or narrowly ascending, (4.5–)6–15 cm.

1–1.6 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

5.3–6.8 mm;

calyx 2.9–3.8 mm, strigose, tube 2.1–2.3 mm, lobes subulate, 0.8–1.5 mm;

corolla whitish or ochroleucous, banner veined purplish;

banner recurved through 45–85°;

keel 4–5 mm.

15.4–18.8 mm;

calyx 8.8–11.8 mm, strigulose, tube 6.3–7.5 mm, lobes lanceolate-subulate, 2.5–4.3 mm;

corolla white or lilac-tinged, drying ochroleucous;

keel (9.8–)10–12.4 mm.

pendulous, stramineous, slightly incurved, nearly lanceoloid-ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 3-sided compressed, 7–12 × 2–3.8 mm, papery, strigulose;

septum 0.7–1.2 mm wide;

stipe 1.5–4 mm.

ascending to divaricately spreading or somewhat declined, set at angle to stipe, stramineous or brownish, straight or slightly incurved, inflated, scarcely bladdery, (10–)13–24(–32) × 6–12 mm, thinly fleshy, glabrous;

stipe (4–)5–12 mm.

6–12.

with racemes shorter than leaves.

= 22.