Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, strigulose.

erect or stiffly ascending, stout, with 5–10 well-developed internodes, pilose and tomentulose.

(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.

(9–)13–35 cm;

stipules distinct 6–17 mm, herbaceous;

leaflet blades broadly to narrowly elliptic, ovate, oblong-elliptic, or rhombic-elliptic, (7–)10–55 mm, apex acute or abruptly short-acuminate, often callous-apiculate, surfaces pilose and tomentulose.

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

axis (2–)3–7(–11) cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.4 mm.

(15–)20–55(–65)-flowered;

axis (3–)5–20(–24) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–6 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect or incurved-ascending, 0.3–0.9 cm.

erect, (8–)10–27 cm, together with racemes shorter than stems.

0.5–1.8 mm.

(1.2–)1.5–9 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.

(14.4–)15.5–22 mm;

calyx (7.8–)10–14.7 mm, silky-pilose or tomentulose, tube (6–)7–8.7 mm, lobes lanceolate-acuminate or linear-lanceolate, 3–6.5 mm;

corolla immaculate;

keel (11.5–)12–15.1 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.

stiffly erect, becoming brownish stramineous then blackish, 15–25 × 8–13 mm, fleshy becoming leathery, glabrous.

8–11.

= 22.

= 22.