Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 3–15 mm;

petiole 2–6 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–60 × 5–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 2–23 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

1–8.5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2–10 mm.

1.5–5 mm.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 2 or 3-toothed, 3–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 5–7 mm;

corolla usually light blue or lavender to purple, rarely white, banner patch white turning purple, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

2–4.5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–6, brown, mottled tan, 4–6 mm.