Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, strigulose.

decumbent to ascending or erect, glabrous or strigose.

(2–)4–10(–11.5) cm;

stipules distinct, (2–)3–8 mm, papery at proximal nodes, submembranous at distal nodes;

leaflets (9–)13–21, blades oblong-elliptic, oblanceolate, or linear-elliptic, 5–15(–18) mm, apex obtuse, truncate and apiculate, or shallowly retuse, surfaces strigulose 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.

(7–)10–25(–32)-flowered, flowers spreading;

axis (2–)3–7(–11) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.4 mm.

7–16-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 1–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–7 mm;

bracteoles 2.

erect or incurved-ascending, 0.3–0.9 cm.

erect or incurved-ascending, 3–15 cm.

0.5–1.8 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

5.7–7.1 mm;

calyx campanulate, 3.3–5 mm, strigulose, tube 2.2–2.9 mm, lobes subulate or lanceolate-subulate, (1–)1.3–2.3 mm;

corolla reddish lilac or reddish purple;

banner recurved through 50°;

keel 4.7–5.6 mm, apex obtusely deltate, sometimes obscurely beaklike.

(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.

spreading or declined, green or minutely purple-dotted becoming stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, broadly and plumply ovoid- or obovoid-ellipsoid, obovoid, or subglobose, bladdery-inflated, 6–13 × 6–10 mm, beak nearly obsolete, thin becoming papery, sparsely strigulose.

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.

8–11.

18–41.

= 22.