Flora of North America species comparison

1–20+, often decumbent, sometimes ascending, unbranched, fleshy, base often spongy.

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

stipules lanceolate-ovate to ovate or deltate, 2–8 mm, ± scarious, fragile; petiolate to long-petiolate;

rachis ± straight, 1–4 cm;

leaflets (3–)5–7, petiolulate, blades elliptic to obovate, 6–20 mm, apex obtuse to emarginate, surfaces glabrous.

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 to spreading, 2.3–9 cm, equaling or longer than subtending leaf, elongating in fruit, glabrous;

bract subtending umbel, 1–3(–7)-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.

(2 or)3–9-flowered.

6–10(–12)-flowered.

10–16 mm;

calyx reddish, 4.5–6 mm, glabrous, tube cylindric, 2.5–4 mm, lobes subulate to narrowly triangular, 2–2.5 mm, eciliate;

corolla banner yellow, wings and keel pale to dark pink, sometimes whitish, wings fading white, keel pink- to purple-tipped, wings ± equaling or longer than keel, claw longer than calyx tube, banner reflexed to 180°, keel apex acute to subacute.

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, brown, oblong, turgid, 20–30 × 2–3 mm, thinly leathery, incompletely septate, glabrous.

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

(8–)10–14(–16), olive brown to brown, oblong, 1–1.5 mm.

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

= 14.