Flora of North America species comparison

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

obsolete.

(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.

3–11 cm;

stipules 3–9 mm;

leaflets 11–19, blades obovate or elliptic, 4–8 mm, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces hairy abaxially, glabrescent adaxially.

appearing subumbellate, loosely 5–11-flowered;

axis 1–5 cm in fruit;

bracts (1.5–)2.5–3.8 mm;

bracteoles 0.

(1 or)2–5(–7)-flowered;

axis to 0.6 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

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

(0–)1–2(–5) cm.

1.5–5 mm.

2–4 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.

20–23 mm;

calyx cylindric, 11–14 mm, pilose;

corolla white to lavender-pink or veined pink-purple, keel tip lavender-pink.

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.

ascending, brownish gray, ± straight, semi-ellipsoid, subterete to slightly obcompressed, 8–10 × 6–8 mm, thin and papery, pilose.

6–10.

20.

= 16.