Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, erect, decumbent, or prostrate, sometimes diffuse, 2–6 cm underground, strigulose.

decumbent, with ascending tips, silvery green hairy.

(1–)1.5–10(–11) cm;

stipules connate-sheathing and papery at proximal nodes, connate or distinct and subherbaceous at distal nodes, 1–5 mm;

leaflets (5–)9–21, blades oblong-oblanceolate, elliptic, narrowly obovate, or linear-elliptic, 2–21 mm, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces usually strigulose, sometimes glabrescent or glabrous adaxially.

3–5.2 cm;

stipules triangular, 1–4.5 mm, papery;

leaflets: terminal ones jointed, blades flat, oval to obovate, (5.7–)8–9.3(–15) × (4.5–)6–7.5(–12) mm, surfaces strigose.

(3 or)4–16-flowered;

axis 0.5–7 cm in fruit;

bracts 1–3 mm;

bracteoles 0.

2–7-flowered;

axis 0.5–1.2 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.5–2.5 mm, hyaline;

bracteoles 0.

incurved-ascending or erect, 1–9.5(–12) cm.

prostrate, 1.3–2.5 cm, shorter than subtending leaf.

0.5–2.5 mm.

2.5–3 mm.

(8.3–)9–17.2 mm;

calyx campanulate, 4.5–9.3 mm, strigulose, hairs white, sometimes also black, tube 3.5–5.9 mm, lobes triangular, 0.5–3.6 mm;

corolla ochroleucous, pinkish white, lilac, or pink-purple, wing tips often paler than banner;

banner recurved through 50–80°;

keel 7.3–13.8, apex narrowly triangular, acute or subacute, often slightly beaked.

20–23 mm;

calyx 11.4–12.7 mm, tube 8.7–9.7 mm, lobes subulate, 2.7–3.5 mm;

corolla white tinged pinkish, fading cream.

green, usually red- or purple-mottled, becoming stramineous, balloon-shaped, bladdery-inflated, 15–60(–75) × (8–)10–25(–35) mm, apex broad, round, beak obsolete, papery-membranous, translucent, glabrous or strigulose;

stipe 2–9 mm.

often red-mottled, 37–47 × 23–33 mm (when pressed), hairy;

sessile on thickened gynophore 1.2–1.5 mm.

(13–)15–30(–37).

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