Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, with 3–7 well-developed internodes, strigulose-pilosulous.

decumbent to ascending or erect, glabrous or strigose.

7–19 cm;

stipules 3–10 mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (17–)23–35(–39), blades oblong-obovate, elliptic, or nearly oblanceolate, 5–22 mm, apex retuse, obtuse, or subacute, surfaces strigulose-pilosulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

2–15 cm;

stipules 2–10 mm, papery at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (7–)11–27, blades orbiculate, suborbiculate, elliptic, rhombic-elliptic, rhombic-ovate, oblong-ovate, ovate, or obovate, 3–25 mm, apex obtuse, truncate, retuse, or apiculate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate.

10–30(–35)-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (3–)6–16 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–9 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

7–16-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 1–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–7 mm;

bracteoles 2.

erect, (11–)16–30 cm, together with racemes usually longer than stems.

erect or incurved-ascending, 3–15 cm.

1.3–6 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

15.5–21.5 mm;

calyx short-cylindric, 8.5–12.6 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 5.6–7.5 mm, lobes subulate, 2–5.2(–6) mm;

corolla ochroleucous, white, or creamy white, immaculate;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 11.5–14.4 mm.

(16–)16.5–21 mm;

calyx short-cylindric to deeply campanulate, 7–13.5 mm, sparsely strigulose or glabrous, tube 3.5–6.8 mm, lobes subulate to lanceolate, 2–7.1 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, yellowish, whitish, cream, or purple (wing tips sometimes pale or white);

banner recurved through 90°;

keel 11.5–15.5 mm.

erect, stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, obcompressed, grooved dorsally, (15–)17–23 × (4–)4.5–6.3 mm, semibilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, usually strigulose, rarely glabrous;

septum 1–1.6 mm wide;

stipe 0–1.5 mm.

ascending to declined, pale green, often purple-mottled, becoming brownish or stramineous, sharply incurved, obliquely ellipsoid, dorsiventrally compressed, (15–)20–30 × 6–12 mm, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous;

septum narrow, subobsolete, to 1.5 mm wide;

gynophore 1.5–5 mm.

(20–)24–31.

18–41.

= 24.