Flora of North America species comparison

erect or decumbent, solid, not succulent.

ascending or 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.

9–23 mm;

rachis 2–6 mm;

leaflet blades oblanceolate or lanceolate-obovate to linear, 5–25 × 1–4(–5) mm, length (2.5–)3–5 times width, apex acute or apiculate.

1(or 2[–4]-flowered;

bracts 1–3-foliolate.

(1–)3–5(–7)-flowered;

bracts 1–3-foliolate.

ascending, 1–4.5(–6) cm.

ascending to erect, (1–)2–12 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.

7–10 mm;

calyx 4–6 mm, lobes not recurved in bud, triangular, 1.5–3 mm, ± equaling or shorter than tube, tube glabrous;

petals yellow, sometimes marked with red, turning orange, 8–12 mm, wings slightly longer than keel.

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

brown, narrowly cylindric, (10–)15–30 × 2–2.5 mm, not septate.

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

15–30, yellowish, light to dark brown, or tan, lightly mottled or not, globose to oblong, 1–1.8 mm, smooth to rugose.

= 12.

= 12.