Flora of North America species comparison

1–5, usually ascending, sometimes decumbent, unbranched or branched, ± fleshy or not.

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

stipules ovate, 2–5 mm, scarious; petiolate;

rachis straight, 2–7 cm;

leaflets 5–9(–11), petiolulate, blades usually elliptic to obovate, rarely oblanceolate, (7–)10–25 mm, apex emarginate or rounded to obtuse or acute, 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, (1–)5–10 cm, longer than subtending leaf, elongating in fruit, glabrous;

bract subtending umbel or absent, 1(–3)-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.

4–10-flowered.

6–10(–12)-flowered.

10–15 mm;

calyx reddish, 5.5–7.5 mm, glabrous, tube obconic-cylindric, 4–5 mm, lobes abaxial 3 subulate to lanceolate, adaxial 2 triangular, 1–2 mm, usually eciliate, sometimes sparsely ciliate;

corolla banner and keel yellow, wings white or cream, wings longer than keel, claw longer than calyx tube, banner reflexed to 180°, keel apex 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, ± reddish to dark brown, linear-oblong, turgid, 30–50(–85) × 1.5–2.5 mm, thinly leathery, incompletely septate, glabrous.

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

8–20, olive to reddish or dark brown, oblong, 1.5 mm.

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

= 14.