Flora of North America species comparison

single or few, usually decumbent to ascending, rarely erect, villous-hirsutulous.

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

1.5–7 cm;

stipules distinct, 1–4 mm, subherbaceous becoming papery;

leaflets (5–)9–15, blades oblanceolate to oblong or obovate, 2–13 mm, apex retuse to truncate or obtuse, surfaces loosely villous, sometimes glabrate 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.

2–7-flowered, flowers ascending-spreading;

axis 0.3–2.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

axis 4–17 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.6–1.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

incurved-ascending, 0.5–4 cm.

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

0.8–2 mm.

0.5–1.8 mm.

5.2–8 mm;

calyx campanulate, 3.3–6.2 mm, hirsutulous, tube 1.8–2.5 mm, lobes subulate, 1.8–3.5 mm;

corolla usually pink-purple, rarely ochroleucous and tinged with purple;

banner recurved 50–70°;

keel (5–)5.4–6.5 mm, apex narrowly triangular, sometimes slightly beaklike.

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.

spreading-declined, green or purple-cheeked or -dotted, becoming brownish or stramineous, lunately incurved or hooked, obliquely ovoid, turgid or somewhat inflated, 9–17(–20) × (4–)5–8(–11) mm, thinly fleshy becoming leathery or stiffly papery, white-villous or hirsute, hairs spreading, curved, 0.7–2.2 mm.

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

stipe (1–)1.2–2 mm.

10–19.

6–10.

= 24.

= 22.