Flora of North America species comparison

erect, decumbent, or incurved-ascending, with 2–4 much-elongated internodes, strigulose.

prostrate, when developed, 0–2.5 cm, mostly obscured by stipules, strigulose.

(3–)5–17 cm;

stipules 4–7 mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, submembranous at distal nodes;

leaflets (11 or)13–21, blades oblong-obovate, ovate, linear-oblong, or linear-elliptic, 3–17 mm, apex truncate to deeply retuse or obtuse to subacute, surfaces strigulose.

1.5–9 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, connate or distinct at distal nodes, 2–5 cm, membranous;

leaflets 5–17, blades elliptic, oblanceolate, or obovate, 3–12 mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces strigose.

7–25(–30)-flowered, flowers nodding;

axis 1.5–12(–16) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

4–13-flowered, flowers ascending or spreading;

axis 1.5–8 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–4.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

incurved-ascending, 6–20(–24) cm.

erect, 2–9 cm.

0.7–5 mm.

0.5–2 mm.

(11.2–)12.5–16.6 mm;

calyx campanulate, 4.5–7 mm, strigulose, tube 3.8–5.5 mm, lobes subulate, 0.7–1.2(–1.5) mm;

corolla white, keel tip maculate;

banner recurved through 90°;

keel 8.8–10.7 mm.

12–16 mm;

calyx cylindric, 6–8.5 mm, strigose, tube 4.5–6 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.5 mm;

corolla purplish;

keel 9.5–12.5 mm.

erect, stramineous, ± straight or slightly incurved, narrowly oblong or ovoid-oblong, obcompressed, 12–17 × 3.3–6.3 mm, ± bilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous;

septum 0.7–1.1 mm wide;

sessile.

declined to deflexed, green, usually red-mottled or -spotted, becoming stramineous, lunately incurved, obliquely ovoid or lanceoloid-ellipsoid, dorsiventrally compressed, 10–14 × 3.5–6.5 mm, unilocular or subunilocular, thickly papery, hirsute, hairs lustrous;

sessile, gynophore 0.3–0.8 mm.

24–36.

20.