Flora of North America species comparison

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

prostrate to decumbent, hairs incurved.

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 usually obovate, rarely suborbiculate to broadly elliptic, 4–10 × 1–6 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex rounded to subtruncate and mucronate, surfaces densely translucent-punctate from internal cavities appearing as pustular glands 0.2–0.4 mm diam., 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.

axillary, reduced to 1 or 2 flowers, 0.3–0.4 × 0.6–0.8 cm;

peduncle 0 cm;

bracts ovate.

1–5 mm, pubescent.

0.5–1 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.

purple, 3–4 mm;

sepals with upper one sometimes tardily deciduous to subpersistent, oblong-ovate, 1.2–1.5 mm;

wings spatulate-obovate, 3.5–4.5 × 1.5–2 mm, pubescent;

keel 2.5(–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.

ellipsoid, 1.5–3 × 2 mm, densely translucent-punctate from internal cavities appearing as pustular glands 0.2–0.4 mm diam., sparsely pubescent.

4–4.5 mm;

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

2.8–3 × 0.6–0.8 mm;

aril 0.9–1.2 mm, lobes to 1/4 length of seed.

= 30.