Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect or ascending, densely silvery white-strigulose.

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.

(2.5–)5–15(–16.5) cm;

stipules 1.5–5 mm, papery;

leaflet blades linear or linear-oblong, (3–)5–25(–34) mm, apex truncate-emarginate or subacute, surfaces sparsely strigulose abaxially, densely silvery white-strigulose adaxially.

10–30(–35)-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis (3–)6–16 cm in fruit;

bracts 2.5–9 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(4 or)5–20(–28)-flowered;

axis (2–)3–13 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

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

erect, (5–)7–20 cm.

1.3–6 mm.

0.9–3 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.

15–22 mm;

calyx 5.5–9.5 mm, strigose, tube 3.6–5 mm, lobes subulate, (1.5–)1.8–4.3 mm;

corolla keel 10.7–15.3 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.

brownish or stramineous, strongly laterally compressed, 12–28 × 4–7.5 mm, fleshy becoming leathery or subligneous, glabrous;

septum 3.5–6 mm wide; stipitate (stipe 4–8 mm).

(20–)24–31.

= 24.