Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-erect, branched.

erect, clustered, branched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 10–12 mm;

petiole 1–2 cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 15–25 × 3–7 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

cauline;

stipules 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–60 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 4–20 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

1–4 cm;

bracts semideciduous, 7–8 mm.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

3–4 mm.

5–10 mm.

12–14 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 6–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–8 mm;

corolla white, banner patch turning tawny, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

12–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 10–15 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 8–10 mm;

corolla violet to blue, banner patch yellowish to white or absent, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2.5–3.5 cm, silky.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5, mottled brown, 7–11 mm.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.