Flora of North America species comparison

ascending-erect, clustered, branched.

erect, branched.

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;

stipules 5–10 mm;

petiole 2–5 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 25–55 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 10–44 cm;

flowers usually whorled.

8–11 cm;

flowers spirally arranged to whorled.

2–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–16 mm.

1–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3.5–5 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.

10–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 4.5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3.5–6 mm;

corolla usually purple, sometimes pink or white, banner patch usually white, banner hairy abaxially, keel glabrous.

2–5 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

3 or 4, 5–6 mm.

= 48.