Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect or ascending, sparsely 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.

distally (rarely all) unifoliolate or reduced to phyllodia, 3–12 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery-membranous at proximal nodes, distinct and herbaceous at distal nodes, 3.5–5 mm;

leaflets (0 or 1–)3–9, blades obovate or linear, 2–12 mm, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces sparsely strigulose;

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

appearing subumbellate, loosely 5–11-flowered;

axis 1–5 cm in fruit;

bracts (1.5–)2.5–3.8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

loosely 3–10-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 1.5–9(–12) cm;

bracts 2–3 mm;

bracteoles 1 or 2.

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

erect or incurved-ascending, 10–25 cm.

1.5–5 mm.

0.5–3.5 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.

14.6–18(–22) mm;

calyx 5.0–7.8 mm, strigose, tube 3.8–5.3 × 3.7–3.8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.1–2.8 mm;

corolla white, keel tip pink-purple fading dark purple;

keel 11.3–12.3 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.

erect, stramineous, ± straight, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, slightly compressed laterally, (10–)12–17(–20) × 4.4–6 mm, fleshy becoming woody, glabrous or strigose;

sessile.

6–10.

18–20.

= 16.