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.

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.

1–3.5(–4) cm;

stipules 3–11 mm, membranous or papery;

leaflets 3–9, blades ovate to obovate or elliptic, (2–)3–7 mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces pilose-tomentose, hairs gray or silvery.

1–11-flowered, flowers ascending;

axis 0.3–6 cm in fruit;

bracts 2–5 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

1- or 2-flowered, flowers erect-ascending;

axis 0.2–0.5 cm in fruit;

bracts 3 mm.

0.5–15 cm.

to 1 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.

24–25 mm;

calyx cylindric, 12.5–15 mm, villous-tomentose, tube 9.5–11 mm, lobes subulate, 3–4 mm;

corolla pale lilac, fading ochroleucous, tips purplish;

banner only slightly recurved.

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), strongly curved or lunate, obliquely lanceoloid-ovoid, obcompressed, 18 × 10 mm, unilocular, leathery, tomentulose-pilose.

24–30.

32.