Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, usually strigulose, rarely glabrous.

decumbent to ascending or erect, glabrous proximally, sparsely strigulose distally.

distally unifoliolate or reduced to phyllodia, 2–10 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery-scarious at proximal nodes, distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 1.5–6.5 mm;

leaflets (0 or 1–)3–13, blades linear-filiform to oblong, 3–30 mm, margins involute, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces strigose abaxially, strigose or glabrous adaxially;

terminal leaflet of compound leaves sometimes decurrent distally, not jointed to rachis.

5–13 cm;

stipules 3–8 mm, firm becoming papery, sometimes membranous at distal nodes or throughout;

leaflets 7–15+, blades elliptic to lanceolate, oblanceolate, or obovate, 6–38 mm, apex obtuse to acute, retuse, or mucronate, surfaces strigose or glabrous.

7–35-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 3–30 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

6–24-flowered, flowers declined-nodding;

axis 2–15 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 2.

strict, 6–25 cm.

erect, 3–18 cm.

0.8–3.5 mm.

1–4.5 mm.

(13–)14–20 mm;

calyx 4.6–8 mm, strigose, tube 4.1–6.4 × (2.6–)3–3.9 mm, lobes subulate, 0.5–2 mm;

corolla pink-purple and wing tips white, or greenish yellow or whitish;

keel (9.5–)10.5–13.5 mm.

14–22(–25) mm;

calyx tan or whitish, gibbous or base strongly oblique, 8.8–14.2 mm, sparsely pale-strigulose, tube 6–8.8 mm, lobes broadly spreading, subulate, 2.3–6.5 mm;

corolla usually white, concolorous, rarely keel tip faintly purplish;

banner recurved through 50–90°;

keel 12.4–15 mm, apex sharply triangular.

erect, green sometimes purple-mottled becoming stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, oblong, slightly compressed laterally, bicarinate, 13–25 × 3.7–9 mm, stiffly leathery to somewhat woody, glabrous or strigose;

sessile.

erect, green or reddish brown becoming brown or stramineous, straight or slightly incurved, cylindroid to ellipsoid or ovoid, subterete to strongly obcompressed, 17–35 × 6–10 mm, unilocular, succulent becoming stiffly leathery, glabrous or puberulent;

sessile.

14–26.

22–38.

= 24.