Flora of North America species comparison

incurved-ascending, decumbent, or prostrate, usually sparsely to densely strigulose or strigose-pilosulous, rarely silky-villosulous.

decumbent to ascending.

1–5.5 cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery at proximal nodes, mostly connate and herbaceous at distal nodes, turning black in drying, 2–5 mm;

leaflets (5 or)7–13, blades elliptic, linear-elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or narrowly obovate, 2–12 mm, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse or retuse and apiculate, surfaces strigose abaxially, silky-strigulose, villosulous, glabrescent, or glabrous adaxially.

2–10 cm;

stipules distinct, 1–3.5 mm, thinly herbaceous becoming papery or membranous;

leaflets 7–15, blades obovate to oval, 3–14 mm, apex obtuse to emarginate or mucronate, surfaces sparsely strigose abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

3–7(–11)-flowered, flowers spreading;

axis 0.5–3 cm in fruit;

bracts 0.5–2.7 mm;

bracteoles 0–1.

2–9-flowered, flowers ascending to declined;

axis 0.3–2.3 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–2.5 mm;

bracteoles 0.

0.2–4 cm.

ascending or incurved, 1.5–4.5 cm.

1.5–3.5(–4.2) mm.

1–2.5 mm.

(4.3–)5.2–9.3 mm;

calyx turbinate-campanulate to campanulate, 2.4–4.5 mm, strigose, tube 1.4–2.2 mm, lobes setaceous, (0.8–)1.3–2.5 mm;

corolla pink-purple, lilac, or whitish, sometimes lilac-tipped or -tinged, banner sometimes purple-veined, keel maculate;

banner abruptly recurved through 90°;

keel (2.9–)3.4–5.6 mm.

7.5–11 mm;

calyx campanulate, 4.5–6.2 mm, strigose, tube 2.5–3.8 mm, lobes subulate, 1.8–2.4 mm;

corolla whitish or tinged lavender;

banner recurved through 45°;

keel 6.5–8 mm, apex deltate, sometimes obscurely beaklike.

deflexed or declined, stramineous, straight, ellipsoid, obovoid-ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid, or linear, laterally flattened, 3.5–12 × 1.8–3.5 mm, bicarinate, papery, strigose;

stipe 0–0.3 mm.

spreading to declined, greenish, often purple-mottled, becoming stramineous or brownish, slightly incurved, ovoid-ellipsoid, inflated, 14–22 × 6–13 mm, thin becoming papery, minutely strigulose to glabrate;

gynophore 1–2.5 mm.

(4 or)5–8(–11).

9–13.

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