Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to ascending, 0–11 cm, internodes often concealed by white-hairy stipules and dense white hairs, villous-tomentulose.

decumbent to ascending, sparsely strigose.

2–15 cm;

stipules sometimes shortly connate-sheathing at proximal nodes, 1.5–5.5 mm, submembranous becoming papery-scarious;

leaflets 13–25, blades elliptic or ovate, 2–16 mm, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse, surfaces silvery-villous.

5–8 cm;

stipules distinct throughout, 1.7–3.3 mm;

leaflets 15–23, blades obovate-cuneate or oblong-oblanceolate, 7–16 mm, apex mostly truncate-retuse to obtuse, surfaces sparsely pubescent abaxially, nearly glabrous adaxially.

1–11-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.3–6 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

7–20-flowered, flowers ascending at anthesis;

axis 1.5–4.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 1.4–2.7 mm;

bracteoles usually 2.

0.5–15 cm.

6–10 cm.

1–3 mm.

2 mm.

18–26 mm;

calyx cylindric, 8.3–18 mm, villous, tube 6.5–13.5 mm, lobes subulate, 1.5–5.7 mm;

corolla often pink-purple, sometimes pale;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel concealing style, 14.6–18.6(–19) mm.

14–19 mm;

calyx campanulate to subcylindric, 7.5–8.8 mm, tube 6–7.3 mm, teeth 1.5 mm, acuminate;

corolla creamy-white, often tinged rose or lavender, especially on keel tip;

banner recurved through 40–50°.

ascending, brightly purple-mottled, usually curved, obliquely ovoid-oblong, dorsiventrally compressed, ventrally grooved proximally, 15–35 × 5.5–12 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming somewhat woody, strigose or villosulous.

spreading or pendulous, falcately oblong, laterally compressed, 28–37 × 3–3.5 mm, bicarinate, unilocular, sparsely white-strigose;

stipe 6–9 mm.

24–30.

unknown.