Flora of North America species comparison

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

1–10+, erect to ascending, unbranched or branched, wiry or fleshy.

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 widely ovate to lanceolate, (4–)6–9 mm, usually scarious, sometimes leafy, base auriculate or subauriculate; petiolate;

rachis straight, 2–8 cm;

leaflets 9–15(–19), petiolulate to subsessile, blades ovate to obovate, 5–20 mm, apex obtuse to ± acute, surfaces glabrous or hairy, sometimes finely punctate.

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, then spreading, 1–7 cm, shorter than subtending leaf, little elongating in fruit, ± densely hairy, sometimes glandular;

bract medial, (1–)3(–7)-foliolate.

(2 or)3–9-flowered.

4–9(or 10)-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.

10–12 mm;

calyx green, purplish, or pink, 5–6.5 mm, ± hairy, sometimes glandular, tube cylindric or obconic-cylindric, 4–5 mm, lobes subulate or short-triangular, 1–1.5(–2) mm, ciliolate or eciliate;

corolla banner and keel purple or pink with pink-veined white tips, wings white, longer than keel, claw ± equaling or slightly 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.

± inclined, olive brown to reddish brown, broadly oblong, turgid, 20–25 × (2–)3–4 mm, thinly leathery, incompletely septate, ± hairy to glabrate.

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

5–7, reddish brown, oblong, to 3 mm.

= 14.