Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to erect, densely pubescent, hairs spreading.

subsessile;

blade elliptic or obovate, 6–20(–26) × 3–10(–12) mm, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces pubescent, hairs spreading.

terminal, sometimes leaf-opposed, 1–3.5 × 1.5–2.8 cm;

rachis weakly thorn-tipped (often not clearly visible when young);

peduncle 0–0.5 cm;

bracts semipersistent, lanceolate to linear.

3–7(–8.6) mm, pubescent.

pink and white, sepals pink or brownish pink, margins white, keel beak yellow to yellow-green, (7.5–)8.5–13(–14) mm;

sepals persistent, elliptic or ovate, (3–)3.5–6(–7) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent;

wings narrowly elliptic to obovate, (7.2–)8–11.5(–12.3) ×3.2–5.6 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent;

keel (6.5–)7.2–10.7 mm, sac spreading-pubescent in distal 1/2, sometimes also proximally, beak oblong, (1.6–)1.9–3.2 × (0.5–)0.7–1 mm, pubescent.

ellipsoid, 4.8–8.5 × 4–5.7 mm, base obtuse or rounded, margins with very narrow wing, sparsely pubescent.

3.5–4.8 mm, pubescent;

aril 0.8–2.6 mm, lobes 0–1/2 length of seed.

= 18.