Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, strigulose.

erect or ascending, 1–8 cm underground, often branched proximally, sparsely strigulose.

4–15(–18) cm;

stipules 2–4(–6) mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets 11–19(or 21), blades linear-oblong, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, or obovate, 2–13 mm, apex obtuse, subtruncate, or shallowly retuse, surfaces strigose, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

2–8 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery-membranous at proximal nodes, connate to 1/2 their length or distinct at distal nodes, 1.5–4.5 mm;

leaflets 7–11, blades linear, linear-oblanceolate, or filiform to narrowly oblong, 6–22 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(5–)8–15-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis (3–)5–18(–20) cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–2.3 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(7–)12–40-flowered, flowers spreading;

axis 4–17 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.6–1.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect, 6–21(–24) cm.

ascending, 3–11 cm, together with racemes usually shorter than stems.

1–2.8 mm, little or no clavate thickening in fruit.

0.5–1.8 mm.

10.5–13.8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 4.8–6.3 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 3.1–4.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.1 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, keel tip tinged lilac;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 8.5–9.6 mm.

6–7 mm;

calyx campanulate, 2.5–3.5 mm, strigulose, tube 1.8–2.5 mm, lobes subulate or deltate, 0.6–1.5 mm;

corolla whitish, banner and keel apex lilac-tinged;

banner recurved through 45–50°;

keel 4.2–5.3 mm.

erect, pale green or purplish becoming stramineous, straight, linear-oblong, 3-sided compressed, lateral face flat, dorsal face narrower and grooved, 15–30 × 2.7–4 mm, ± bilocular, thin becoming papery, glabrous;

septum 1–2 mm wide;

stipe 3.5–7 mm.

pendulous, stramineous, ± straight, linear-ellipsoid, obcompressed, 10–15 × 2.3–3.2 mm, papery, glabrous;

stipe (1–)1.2–2 mm.

16–18.

6–10.

= 22.