Flora of North America species comparison

usually erect, sometimes laxly so (rarely procumbent), hairs incurved (rarely glabrate).

blade ovate, elliptic, spatulate, or linear proximally, to elliptic, lanceolate, or linear distally (often longer than proximal ones), 4–45(–65) × 1.5–4(–6) mm, base usually acute, sometimes cuneate or obtuse, apex acute to acuminate or obtuse, surfaces not translucent-punctate, hairs incurved.

terminal or leaf-opposed, racemes, loose, 2–12 × 0.9–1.4 cm;

peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm;

bracts linear to narrowly ovate.

1–5 mm, pubescent.

purplish, wings rarely yellow, keel distally yellow or yellowish green, 3.5–6 mm;

sepals lanceolate, 2.2–3.5 mm;

wings ovate to suborbiculate, 3.5–5.5 × 2.4–4 mm, sparsely pubescent;

keel 4–5.7 mm, pubescent.

oblong, oblong-ovoid, broadly ellipsoid, or subglobose, 5–10(–11) ×4–7 mm, not translucent-punctate, glabrous and ciliolate, margins sometimes narrowly winged.

4–4.5 mm;

aril 0.6–1 mm, lobes vestigial or to 1/4 length of seed.

= 30.