Flora of North America species comparison

finely longitudinally grooved and ridged, gland-dotted, strigulose to glabrate.

smooth, eglandular or, sometimes, sparsely gland-dotted, usually puberulent to glabrate, rarely glabrous.

(8–)12–20(–26) cm;

stipules sometimes persistent, linear or setaceous, (1–)1.5–2(–2.5) mm;

petiole (6–)8–15(–20) mm, gland-dotted, puberulent or glabrous;

rachis sparsely gland-dotted, puberulent or glabrous;

leaflets (11–)15–31(–35), stipels acicular or setaceous, 0.8–1.8 mm, petiolule 0.7–1.5(–1.8) mm, gland-dotted, mostly puberulent or glabrous, blade elliptic to oblong or ovate to suborbiculate, (10–)15–25(–35) × (7–)9–15(–18) mm, base truncate or round to subcordate, margins usually revolute, entire or inconspicuously crenulate, apex round to obtuse or emarginate, surfaces sparsely to conspicuously gland-dotted, usually glabrous or glabrate, sometimes sparsely pubescent abaxially;

midvein terminated by a slender mucro, (0.2–)0.4–1 mm.

10–25(–28) cm;

stipules linear, 2–4 mm, usually eglandular, pilosulous;

petiole (8–)10–40 mm, usually eglandular, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, usually puberulent to glabrate, rarely glabrous;

rachis usually eglandular, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, puberulent to glabrate;

leaflets [5–]9–21(–31), stipels setaceous, 2–4 mm, petiolule (1.5–)2–4 mm, often eglandular, sometimes sparsely gland-dotted, usually pilosulous to puberulent or glabrate, rarely glabrous, blade usually elliptic to oblong, rarely ovate, (10–)20–40(–50) × (5–)10–20(–25) mm, base acute to rounded, margins flat, entire or nearly so, apex acute to round or, rarely, emarginate, surfaces usually pilosulous to puberulent or glabrate, sometimes glabrous at least adaxially;

midvein terminated by a slender mucro, 0.5–1.5 mm.

(1–)3–5(–8)-branched, 10–20(–30) cm;

rachis sparsely gland-dotted, puberulent;

bracteoles linear to narrowly subulate, 1.5–2.5(–3) mm, usually eglandular, sparsely pubescent or sparsely ciliate.

(1 or)2–8(–12)-branched, (5–)10–20(–25) cm;

rachis usually eglandular, mostly puberulent to pilosulous, sometimes glabrate;

bracteoles linear to setaceous, 1.5–3 mm, pilosulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

0.4–1 mm, eglandular, sparsely pubescent.

1–2.2 mm, usually eglandular, puberulent to pilosulous.

calyx tube turbinate to narrowly campanulate or cylindric, 1.7–2.2 mm, distal 1/3–2/3 rarely gland-dotted, glabrous;

lobes: abaxial lobe acuminate, slightly longer, adaxial lobes triangular to acuminate, 0.4–1.2(–1.5) mm, margins densely ciliate;

banner bright blue, broadly obovate to obcordate, (4–)5–6 × 3–3.5(–4) mm, distinctly clawed, margins entire or finely erose;

filaments 5–8 mm, distinct;

anthers yellow;

ovary pubescent.

calyx tube obconic to funnelform or campanulate, 2–3(–4) mm, distal 1/3 gland-dotted or, infrequently, eglandular, puberulent to pilosulous or glabrous;

lobes triangular-dentate, 0.2–1.2 mm, margins ciliate;

banner reddish purple, broadly obovate to obcordate, 5–6 × 3.5–4.2 mm, indistinctly clawed, margins entire, apex slightly emarginate or erose;

filaments 6–8 mm, connate basally 1–2(–3) mm;

anthers yellow;

ovary glabrous or, rarely, pubescent.

sessile or stipitate, 4–5.5 × 2–2.5 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, straight adaxially, at least distal 1/2–2/3 gland-dotted, glabrous.

sessile, 5–9 × (2–)3–4.5 mm, margins curved outward abaxially, straight to curved adaxially, more often gland-dotted nearly throughout, sometimes eglandular, usually glabrous or pubescent.

olive brown or brown, 2–2.3 × 1–1.5 mm, smooth, lustrous.

reddish brown, 3.5–4.5 × 1.5–1.8 mm, smooth, lustrous.

= (38) 40.