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 or prostrate, often with 2+ apparent internodes, internodes to 1–1.5 cm, hirsute or tomentose.

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.

2.5–7 cm;

stipules 3–8 mm, submembranous;

leaflets (7 or)9–17, blades broadly obovate to oblong-obovate or obovate-cuneate, (2–)3–12 mm, apex obtuse or emarginate, surfaces hirsute and tomentose.

1–11-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.3–6 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

(3 or)4–10-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.5–3 cm in fruit;

bracts 4–6.5 mm;

bracteoles 2.

0.5–15 cm.

incurved-ascending, decumbent in fruit, 2.5–6.5 cm.

1–3 mm.

1.7–4.5 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.

(22–)24–29 mm;

calyx cylindro-campanulate, (11.5–)12.5–16 mm, densely hirsute, tube (8–)9.2–12.4 mm, lobes broadly subulate, 3–4.3 mm;

corolla pink-purple, wing and keel tips maculate;

banner recurved through 40°;

keel (21.5–)24–27.5 mm.

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.

ascending (humistrate), ± straight proximally, gently incurved distally, obliquely lanceoloid-ellipsoid, obcompressed proximally, (25–)30–50 × 10–15 mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, densely hirsute, hairs lustrous, wavy or contorted, (1–)2–2.5 mm.

24–30.

40–50.