Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, 80–200 cm, branched distally, short appressed-pubescent, pilose, or villous.

ascending or sprawling, clustered, 10–50 cm, branched much of length, sericeous or glabrescent.

stipules subulate to narrowly triangular, 3–6 mm;

petiole 10–15(–20) mm, longer than rachis;

leaflet blades ovate-elliptic, obovate, or rounded, apex obtuse or retuse, minutely apiculate, surfaces green, cinereous, or silvery abaxially, sparsely to densely sericeous abaxially, glabrous, sericeous, pilose, or silvery with fine, dense, appressed-silky hairs adaxially;

terminal blade 10–40(–50) × (7–)10–30 mm, length 1.3–1.8 times width.

usually 2 sizes, axillary ones subtending racemes much smaller;

stipules subulate, 2.5–6 mm;

petiole (5–)10–15(–20) mm, longer than rachis;

leaflet blades elliptic to narrowly elliptic, apex obtuse or retuse, apiculate, surfaces sericeous abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

laterals similar to terminal, without oblique base;

terminal blade 10–30(–40) × 8–22 mm (6–10 mm in axillary leaves), length 1.4–2.5 times width.

10–40-flowered, axillary from distal leaves or clustered in compound inflorescences, flowers compact to lax, axis and pedicels visible, flowers chasmogamous and cleistogamous.

slender, 4–7-flowered, flowers not clustered at apex, flowers chasmogamous and cleistogamous.

longer than subtending leaves.

usually much longer than subtending leaves, sericeous.

1–2 mm;

bracteoles longer than calyx tube.

0.5–3 mm, appressed-puberulent;

bracteoles shorter than calyx tube.

chasmogamous 7–10 mm;

calyx 7–10 mm, pubescent, tube 1–2 mm;

lobes 5, lateral narrowly triangular, 7–8 mm, apices spinelike;

corolla cream-white or creamy with pink or purple at throat;

wings 6–7 mm;

keel 5–6 mm.

chasmogamous 6.5–9 mm;

calyx 4–6 mm, appressed-puberulent, tube 1–1.2 mm;

lobes 4, lateral narrowly triangular, 2.5–3 mm, adaxial connate proximally, apices acuminate;

corolla purple;

wings 5.5–6.5 mm;

keel 6–8 mm.

chasmogamous slightly included in calyx, ovate-oblong, 6–8 × 4–5 mm, cleistogamous slightly included in calyx, oblong, 6 × 4 mm;

stipe subsessile.

chasmogamous as long as calyx, ovate to rounded, 5–7 mm, cleistogamous exserted from calyx, calyx 1/5 loment length, rounded, 4–5 mm;

stipe subsessile.

= 20.