Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched, woody.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 2–3(–6) cm;

leaflets 5–12, blades 20–60 × 3–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

cauline;

petiole 2–8 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 10–40 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

10–30 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

6–30 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or appearing ± whorled proximally.

4–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

1–6 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–8 mm.

4–10 mm.

2–4 mm.

14–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 5–9 mm;

corolla usually yellow, rarely lilac to purple, banner patch darker or not or white, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate from claw to tip.

7–10 mm;

calyx 3–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla banner and wings dark pink to magenta, drying blue-purple or whitish, banner spot yellowish, becoming darker magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, upper margins glabrous.

4–7 cm, hairy.

often secund, 1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

8–12, black to tan, often striped lighter, 4–5 mm.

4–6.

= 48.

= 48.