Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate or twining, tomentulose, hairs silvery or grayish.

trifoliolate;

stipules persistent, subulate, 1–2 × 0.5–1 mm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces tomentulose;

petiole 4–30 mm, tomentulose;

leaflet blades obovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 10–45 × 5–20 mm, leathery, gland-dotted, base obtuse, apex usually rounded or obtuse, rarely acuminate, surfaces strongly reticulate and densely grayish tomentulose abaxially, densely grayish tomentulose adaxially.

racemes, shorter than or equal to leaves, 2–6 cm.

2–4 mm, viscid.

calyx 5–7 mm, tomentose, viscid, tube 2–2.5 mm, lobes lanceolate, laterals 4–5 mm, lengths to 2.5 times tube, adaxials 2.5–5 mm;

corolla pale yellow;

banner suborbiculate, 8–10 × 6–7 mm, emarginate, puberulent, gland-dotted;

wings oblong, 8–9 × 2.5–3 mm, glabrous;

keel 8–9.5 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous;

stamens 8–10 mm.

ellipsoid, compressed, 15–17 × 4–6 mm, yellow-hirsute and puberulent, hairs intermixed.

brown, black, or mottled, ovoid-ellipsoid, compressed, 2.5–4 × 2.5–3 mm;

hilum linear, 1–1.5 mm.