Flora of North America species comparison

ascending-erect, clustered, branched.

± prostrate or ascending, 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.

basal (clustered near base);

stipules 4–5 mm;

petiole 2–4.5 cm;

leaflets 6–8, blades 10–20 × 2–4 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 10–44 cm;

flowers usually whorled.

2–7 cm;

flowers in few whorls, widely separated.

2–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–16 mm.

5–10 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 4–5 mm.

2–7 mm.

2–4 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.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe obscurely 3-toothed, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm;

corolla ± violet, banner patch yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

2–5 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

1 or 2.

= 48.