Flora of North America species comparison

(1–)5–20+, ascending to erect, fleshy, stout, hollow.

1–10+, erect to decumbent, unbranched, sometimes branched, ± fleshy or not.

stipules triangular or ovate to lanceolate, (2–)5–8 mm, membranous becoming scarious, often becoming inconspicuous; short-petiolate to petiolate;

rachis often curved, 6–12 cm;

leaflets (7–)9–15(–19), petiolulate, blades widely ovate to widely elliptic or widely obovate, (10–)20–30 mm, apex obtuse to emarginate, surfaces sparsely strigillose to glabrate.

stipules triangular to lanceolate, 2–6 mm, scarious;

petiolate;

rachis ± straight, 6–12 cm;

leaflets 9–15, petiolulate, blades elliptic or oblong to obovate, (5–)10–30 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely short-appressed hairy to glabrate or glabrous, or long-hairy to densely villous when glandular, pale green abaxially.

ascending, 3–8 cm, usually shorter than, rarely equaling, subtending leaf, elongating in fruit, glabrate or glabrous;

bract medial or absent, leaflets (1 or)3 or 5-foliolate.

ascending, 3.5–6.5 cm, equaling or longer than subtending leaf, little elongating in fruit, strigillose to glabrate;

bract medial or absent, 1–5-foliolate.

8–20-flowered.

6–10(–12)-flowered.

asymmetric, 12–16(–18) mm;

calyx green marked with purplish or pinkish, or purplish to pinkish, 4.5–8 mm, glabrous, tube cylindric, 4–6 mm, lobes deltate, 0.5–2 mm, sparsely ciliolate or eciliate;

corolla greenish or whitish becoming marked with red or purple, wings ± equaling keel, claw ± longer than calyx tube, banner implicate-ascending to 45°, keel apex acute.

symmetric, 10–15 mm;

calyx usually green, sometimes purple or purplish, 3–6 mm, glabrous, tube cylindric, 1.5–4.5 mm, lobes triangular to triangular-subulate, 0.5–2 mm, ciliolate;

corolla white to pinkish or rose, becoming red- or pink-striate or tipped, wings longer than keel, claw longer than calyx tube, banner implicate-ascending, keel apex acute.

± ascending to inclined, reddish to brown, linear, turgid, (10–)35–70 × 3–5 mm, leathery, incompletely septate, glabrous.

± ascending to ± inclined, reddish brown, oblong, ± turgid, (15–)30–40 × 3–4 mm, leathery, not septate, glabrous.

7–12, olive or reddish to dark brown, obovoid, 3–4 mm.

4–10, olive to reddish brown, ovoid, 3.5 mm.

= 14.