Flora of North America species comparison

30-72 cm.

30-120 cm.

2x-ternately compound, 10-30 cm, much shorter than stems;

leaflets green adaxially, to 15-47 mm, not viscid;

primary petiolules 22-60 mm (leaflets not crowded), pilose or rarely glabrous.

2-3x-ternately compound, 9-45 cm, much shorter than stems;

leaflets green adaxially, to 11-55 mm, not viscid;

primary petiolules 20-50 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or distally pilose.

nodding;

sepals divergent from or perpendicular to floral axis, mostly blue or purple, lance-ovate, (10-)15-25 × 8-12 mm, apex broadly acute or obtuse;

petals: spurs mostly blue or purple, hooked, 14-22 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base, blades mostly blue or purple, oblong, 10-13 × 6-10 mm;

stamens 9-13 mm.

erect;

sepals perpendicular to floral axis, yellow, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 20-36 × 5-10 mm, apex narrowly acute or acuminate;

petals: spurs yellow, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 42-65 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base, blades yellow, oblong, 13-23 × 6-15 mm;

stamens 12-25 mm.

15-25 mm;

beak 7-15 mm.

18-30 mm;

beak 10-18 mm.

= 14 (Europe).