Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent and ascending, sometimes fistulose, sparsely strigulose or glabrous.

obscured by stipules.

(5–)8–20 cm;

stipules mostly distinct, (2–)4–10 mm, papery at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

sessile or subsessile to short-petiolate;

leaflets 25–41, blades narrowly oblong, ovate-cuneate, or rhombic-ovate, (3–)6–30(–37) mm, apex truncate, emarginate and apiculate, or subacute, surfaces sparsely strigulose or glabrous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

1–4(–5) cm;

stipules 4–8 mm, hyaline, glabrous abaxially;

leaflet blades narrowly spatulate to narrowly lanceolate, 3–12 mm, apex acute, surfaces silvery-strigose.

(10–)20–45-flowered, flowers horizontal or declined;

axis 3.5–9 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(1 or)2–4-flowered;

axis 0.5–1.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.8–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect or incurved-ascending, 5.5–14 cm.

erect, 0.7–2.2 cm.

0.6–3.5 mm.

0.7–1.5 mm.

11.1–15.3 mm;

calyx broadly campanulate, obliquely truncate or subgibbous abaxially, 5–7.2(–7.7) mm, strigulose, tube 3.5–4.8(–5) mm, lobes subulate or triangular-subulate, (1–)1.3–2.6(–3) mm;

corolla white, greenish white, or ochroleucous;

keel 9.4–13.2 mm.

(9.5–)10.5–16.7 mm;

calyx deeply campanulate to subcylindric, (4.8–)5–7.1 mm, densely strigose to pilose, hairs white, tube 3.6–5.1 mm, lobes subulate to linear-subulate, (1.4–)1.9–5.1 mm;

corolla usually pink-purple, rarely white, wing tips white or pale;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 7.5–10.5 mm, apex acute-triangular, often somewhat beaklike.

readily deciduous, horizontal or ascending, pale green or purplish stramineous, obliquely ovoid or semi-ovoid, bladdery-inflated, (18–)23–45(–50) × (10–)12–20 mm, thin becoming papery, translucent, sublustrous, sparsely strigulose or glabrate;

sessile.

mostly enclosed in marcescent calyx, ascending, lanceoloid-ellipsoid, obscurely 3-sided compressed, 4.5–7.5 × 1.2–2.2 mm, thin becoming papery, densely silver-strigulose.

34–55.

2.

= 22.