Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate or weakly ascending, silvery-strigulose.

prostrate or decumbent, sparsely 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.

1.5–10.5 cm;

stipules distinct, 1–4 mm, mostly herbaceous or submembranous;

leaflets 9–19, blades obovate, oblong-oblanceolate to -obovate, obcordate, suborbiculate, or elliptic, 2–15 mm, apex obtuse or emarginate, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, glabrous 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.

(1 or)2–10-flowered, flowers ascending or spreading;

axis (0–)1–4 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

ascending or incurved, 4–13 cm.

ascending, 1–7.5 cm.

0.5–3(–3.4) mm.

1–3.5 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.

5.5–8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 3–4.3 mm, strigulose, hair white or partly black, tube 1.5–2.8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2 mm;

corolla white, banner with pink veins;

banner recurved through 45–90°;

keel 3.6–5 mm, apex bluntly deltate.

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.

ascending, spreading, or loosely declined, green, purplish, or purple- or red-mottled becoming brownish or stramineous, incurved, narrowly oblanceoloid or obliquely semi-ovoid, ± inflated, ± 3-sided compressed, (5–)6–26 × 2.7–5 mm, thin becoming papery, finely strigulose, hairs straight, appressed;

gynophore conical, short.

(7–)12–31.

6–15.