Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate or weakly ascending, silvery-strigulose.

erect or ascending, densely silvery white-strigulose.

(2–)3–13(–16) cm;

stipules distinct, (1.5–)2–6.5 mm, submembranous;

leaflets (9 or)11–21, blades oblong, oblong-ovate or -obovate, or broadly to narrowly elliptic, (3–)5–25 mm, apex usually acute or obtuse and apiculate, rarely retuse-emarginate, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, usually densely to sparsely strigulose adaxially, rarely glabrous or glabrescent.

(2.5–)5–15(–16.5) cm;

stipules 1.5–5 mm, papery;

leaflet blades linear or linear-oblong, (3–)5–25(–34) mm, apex truncate-emarginate or subacute, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, densely silvery white-strigulose adaxially.

(10–)20–40-flowered, flowers widely ascending or spreading;

axis (3.5–)4–21 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.8–2.6 mm;

bracteoles 2.

(4 or)5–20(–28)-flowered;

axis (2–)3–13 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

ascending or incurved, 4–13 cm.

erect, (5–)7–20 cm.

0.5–3(–3.4) mm.

0.9–3 mm.

7–10.3 mm;

calyx campanulate or ovoid-campanulate, 3.6–6.6 mm, strigulose, tube (2.2–)2.7–3.8 mm, lobes subulate or triangular-subulate, (0.9–)1–2.8 mm;

corolla bright pink-purple, or ochroleucous with purple tips or veins;

banner recurved through 90°, 7–10.3 mm;

keel 6.2–8.8 mm, apex round or narrowly triangular and beaklike.

15–22 mm;

calyx 5.5–9.5 mm, strigose, tube 3.6–5 mm, lobes subulate, (1.5–)1.8–4.3 mm;

corolla keel 10.7–15.3 mm.

ascending, spreading, or declined, pale green or purple-specked or -suffused becoming stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, obliquely ovoid-ellipsoid or ovoid-acuminate, moderately to strongly bladdery-inflated, ± dorsiventrally or laterally compressed, 9–23 × (4–)5–15(–17) mm, beak prominent, papery, sparsely to densely strigulose.

brownish or stramineous, strongly laterally compressed, 12–28 × 4–7.5 mm, fleshy becoming leathery or subligneous, glabrous;

septum 3.5–6 mm wide;

stipitate (stipe 4–8 mm).

(7–)12–31.