Flora of North America species comparison

erect or decumbent, solid, not succulent.

prostrate, solid, not succulent.

8–16 mm;

rachis 1.5–5 mm;

leaflet blades: basal 2 obliquely ovate, terminal 3 obovate to obovate-elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, 5–15 × 1–4 mm, length 3.2–5 times width, apex rounded to ± acute.

7–21 mm;

rachis 2–3.5(–4.5) mm;

leaflet blades elliptic to narrowly obovate, 8–12(–16) × 2–6 mm, length 1.7–4 times width, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse.

1(or 2[–4]-flowered;

bracts 1–3-foliolate.

1–3-flowered;

bracts 1–3-foliolate.

ascending, 1–4.5(–6) cm.

decumbent to ascending, 0.5–2 cm.

7–9.2[–10] mm;

calyx 4–6 mm, lobes erect in bud, triangular to deltate-acuminate, (1.5–)2–2.8[–3.5] mm, ± equaling tube, tube glabrate;

petals light yellow, ± pink-tinged abaxially, turning pinkish or red, 6.6–8.5 mm, wings equaling keel.

5–12 mm;

calyx 4–7 mm, lobes not recurved in bud, narrowly lanceolate, 4 mm, longer than tube, tube villous;

petals yellow, turning pink, (4–)5–8 mm, wings shorter than keel.

brown, cylindric, 15–25[–35] × 2–3 mm, not septate.

reddish brown, linear, 12–30 × 1–2 mm, septate.

6–10[–30], brown, finely mottled, globose, 0.8–1.4 mm, smooth.

18–30, light olive to light brown, not mottled, globose, 0.6 mm, smooth.

= 12.

= 12, 24 (Europe).