Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, (0–)1–12+ cm underground, villous.

decumbent-ascending to erect, strigulose.

(2–)3–12 cm;

stipules distinct, subterranean ones often fully amplexicaul but distinct, 7–15 mm, foliose at distal nodes;

leaflets (5–)7–13(–15), blades elliptic, oblong or lanceolate-elliptic, 10–30(–35) mm, pinnately veined, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely villosulous or villous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

(2–)4–17 cm;

stipules 4–13(–16) mm, papery-scarious, pallid;

leaflet blades oblong to elliptic, (4–)7–27(–33) mm, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces sparsely to moderately strigose, sometimes glabrous adaxially.

appearing subumbellate, loosely 5–11-flowered;

axis 1–5 cm in fruit;

bracts (1.5–)2.5–3.8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(7–)10–50-flowered;

axis (0.6–)1–9(–13) cm in fruit;

bracts 2–8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

erect, 3–9.8 cm, usually longer than subtending leaf.

erect or incurved-ascending, (3–)4–14(–16.5) cm.

1.5–5 mm.

to 0.8 mm.

13–19 mm;

calyx campanulate to subcylindric, 7.5–8.8 mm, villosulous, tube 6.3–8 mm, lobes broadly triangular, 0.6–0.8 mm;

corolla yellowish with whitish margins, banner sometimes purple bordered white, keel 13.2–16 mm.

11.5–19.5 mm;

calyx [4.8–]5.6–10.5 mm, strigulose, tube [3–]4–7 × 2–3.2 mm, lobes subulate or subulate-setaceous, 0.4–4.2 mm;

corolla keel 8–15 mm.

green becoming brown, ± straight, ovoid, inflated, 15–21 × 5.5–8 mm, papery-membranous, black-pilose, hairs to 0.5 mm;

stipe 5–7 mm, pubescent.

stramineous, ovoid-, oblong-, or lanceoloid-ellipsoid, or narrowly oblong, [5.5–]6–12 × 2.3–4 mm, thin becoming papery, strigulose;

stipe 0–1.8 mm.

6–10.

= 16.