Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-erect, branched.

ascending or erect, 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, often crowded near base;

petiole 1–6 cm;

leaflets 5 or 6, blades 10–25 × 4–15 mm, adaxial surface glabrate.

open, 4–20 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

6–12 cm;

flowers crowded or spaced, spirally arranged, crowded on young growth.

1–4 cm;

bracts semideciduous, 7–8 mm.

3–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm.

3–4 mm.

3–7 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.

9–12 mm;

calyx 5–6 mm, abaxial lobe 3-lobed, 3–4 mm, adaxial lobe cleft, 2–2.5 mm, hairs becoming yellowish gray or brown on dried material;

corolla pale blue-violet, banner spot white, keel glabrous, wings inflated.

2.5–3.5 cm, silky.

2.5–3.5 cm, yellowish gray- or brown-villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

usually persistent, petiolate.

4 or 5, mottled brown, 7–11 mm.

4 or 5.

= 36.