Flora of North America species comparison

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

1–30+, usually decumbent, sometimes ascending, branched, slender, not fleshy.

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 ovate, inconspicuous, scarious; petiolate;

rachis straight, 0.7–1.5 cm;

leaflets 3–5(–7), petiolulate, blades obovate to oblanceolate, 3–10 mm, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse, surfaces glabrous.

ascending, (1–)5–10 cm, longer than subtending leaf, elongating in fruit, glabrous;

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

ascending or spreading, 2–3 cm, longer than subtending leaf, elongating in fruit;

bract subtending umbel, 1–3-foliolate.

4–10-flowered.

1–3-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.

(7–)8–10 mm;

calyx color unknown, 5–6.5 mm, glabrous, tube obconic-cylindric, (1.5–)2–3 mm, lobes triangular to triangular-subulate, 0.5–1 mm, ± ciliolate;

corolla banner yellow, wings and keel whitish yellow, wings ± equaling keel, claw ± equaling calyx tube, banner erect, keel apex not known.

± ascending to ± inclined, ± reddish to dark brown, linear-oblong, turgid, 30–50(–85) × 1.5–2.5 mm, thinly leathery, incompletely septate, glabrous.

erect, brown, narrowly oblong, laterally compressed, 18–25 × 1.5–2 mm, leathery, not septate, glabrous.

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

(2–)4–7, olive- to red-brown, oblong, 2–2.5 mm.

= 14.