Flora of North America species comparison

ascending-erect, clustered, branched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes 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 3–12 cm;

leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

open, 10–44 cm;

flowers usually whorled.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

2–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–16 mm.

4–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds.

2–7 mm.

5–9 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.

10–18 mm;

calyx 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

2–5 cm, silky.

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

5–8.

= 48.