Flora of North America species comparison

ascending-erect, clustered, branched.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–18 mm;

petiole 2–7 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 20–70 × 5–14 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

cauline;

petiole 3–10 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 4–11 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 10–44 cm;

flowers usually whorled.

10–40 cm;

flowers whorled.

2–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–16 mm.

5–18 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–7.5 mm.

2–7 mm.

3–6 mm.

(8–)12–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–13 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–12 mm;

corolla usually purple, rarely yellowish white, banner patch indistinct, banner glabrous abaxially, keel strongly upcurved, glabrous, banner and wings narrow, not covering tip.

8–12 mm;

calyx 5–7 mm, lobes ± equal, entire;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with a tooth near middle, ciliate from tooth to near apex, banner width equal to or greater than length.

2–5 cm, silky.

3–5 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, gray to tan, mottled tan, 4–7 mm.

5–8.

= 48.