Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, strigulose.

decumbent to ascending, strigulose, villosulous, glabrous, or with few scattered hairs.

(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.

2.5–9 cm;

stipules distinct, (1–)1.5–5 mm, scarious at proximal nodes, herbaceous at distal nodes;

leaflets (9 or)11–21(–25), blades obovate-cuneate, oblong-obovate, or elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, (7–)9–19(–21) mm, apex retuse or truncate to obtuse, surfaces strigulose or villosulous abaxially, strigose to glabrescent or glabrous adaxially.

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

axis (2–)3–7(–11) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.4 mm.

(5–)10–25(–35)-flowered, flowers retrorsely imbricate, ascending then nodding;

axis 2–10(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 0.7–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect or incurved-ascending, 0.3–0.9 cm.

erect or arcuate-erect, 4–15 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.

13.5–21 mm;

calyx broadly campanulate to broadly cylindric (gibbous-saccate or gibbous-truncate), 6.1–13.6 mm, strigulose or villosulous, marcescent, tube 5.4–11.9 mm, marcescent, lobes triangular, 0.4–2.3 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, white, or lemon yellow;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 9.4–15.2 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.

pendulous, green or purple-spotted becoming brown-stramineous, hamately or lunately incurved or, rarely, coiled through 1.5 spirals, narrowly oblong, laterally compressed, 14–35 × (2.7)3–4.5(–5.5) mm, stiffly papery or thinly leathery, usually glabrous, villosulous, or strigulose, rarely glabrate;

stipe 6–20 mm.

8–11.

14–25(–28).

= 22.