Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate or decumbent to ascending, densely villous-tomentose.

obscured by stipules.

5–14 cm;

stipules distinct, 3–6 mm, herbaceous becoming membranous;

leaflets (7–)15–21, blades oval-obovate, 6–17 mm, apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces villous-tomentose.

1–4(–5) cm;

stipules 4–8 mm, hyaline, glabrous abaxially;

leaflet blades narrowly spatulate to narrowly lanceolate, 3–12 mm, apex acute, surfaces silvery-strigose.

(10–)20–40-flowered, flowers spreading;

axis (1–)1.5–12 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(1 or)2–4-flowered;

axis 0.5–1.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.8–3.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect or incurved-ascending, 5–12 cm.

erect, 0.7–2.2 cm.

0.5–1 mm.

0.7–1.5 mm.

9–12 mm;

calyx broadly campanulate, 6.6–7.8 mm, silky-villous, tube 3.9–4.5 × 3.5–4.1 mm, lobes narrowly subulate, 2.7–3.5 mm, somewhat accrescent, covering most or all of mature legume;

corolla pale yellow, drying ochroleucous, pubescent abaxially;

banner recurved through 50°;

keel 7.1–8.2 mm, apex obtuse-deltate.

(9.5–)10.5–16.7 mm;

calyx deeply campanulate to subcylindric, (4.8–)5–7.1 mm, densely strigose to pilose, hairs white, tube 3.6–5.1 mm, lobes subulate to linear-subulate, (1.4–)1.9–5.1 mm;

corolla usually pink-purple, rarely white, wing tips white or pale;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel 7.5–10.5 mm, apex acute-triangular, often somewhat beaklike.

spreading or somewhat declined, straight, obliquely ovoid, obscurely 3-sided compressed, 4.5–6 × 3 mm, stiffly papery, tomentulose, hairs 1+ mm; contracted basally into pseudostipe, 0.4–0.6 mm.

mostly enclosed in marcescent calyx, ascending, lanceoloid-ellipsoid, obscurely 3-sided compressed, 4.5–7.5 × 1.2–2.2 mm, thin becoming papery, densely silver-strigulose.

6–8.

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