Flora of North America species comparison

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

decumbent to laxly erect, forming low, compact clumps, hairs incurved or spreading.

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.

blade linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, narrowly ovate, or linear, (2–)3–9 × 0.6–1.3 mm, base rounded, apex obtuse, surfaces densely translucent-punctate from internal cavities appearing as pustular glands 0.2–0.4 mm diam., hairs incurved or spreading.

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

peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm;

bracts linear to narrowly ovate.

axillary, reduced to 1 or 2(–4) flowers, 0.4–1.5 ×0.4–1.8 cm;

peduncle 0–0.3(–0.5) cm;

bracts ovate.

1–5 mm, pubescent.

(0.5–)1–2.5 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.

usually purple or pink, rarely whitish, 3.5–6.5 mm;

sepals: upper 1 sometimes tardily deciduous to subpersistent, oblong-ovate, 1.7–2.1 mm;

wings obovate, 5–5.5 × 2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent;

keel 4.5 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.

oblong to oblong-ovoid, 4–6.5 × 2.5–4 mm, densely translucent-punctate from internal cavities appearing as pustular glands 0.2–0.4 mm diam., pubescent.

4–4.5 mm;

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

4 mm;

aril 1–2 mm, lobes to 1/2 length of seed.

= 30.

= 64, 68.