Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched, woody.

decumbent to erect, few to several-tufted, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 2–3(–6) cm;

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

mostly basal with 3 or 4 cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 8–12 mm;

basal petioles 4–7 cm, proximal cauline petioles 3.5–15 cm, distal ones 2–3.5 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades 15–70 × 3–8 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, adaxially less pubescent and greener.

10–30 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

3–10(–12) cm;

flowers in 3–6 whorls.

4–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2.5–7(–13) cm;

bracts subpersistent, 4–10 mm.

4–10 mm.

2–5(–7) 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.

10–13 mm;

calyx slightly gibbous adaxially near base, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-lobed, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-lobed, 4–6 mm;

corolla blue to purple, banner spot light yellow, banner with inconspicuous hairs abaxially, adaxial keel glabrous or with a few cilia along adaxial edges towards tip, keel upcurved.

4–7 cm, hairy.

1.5–3 cm, silky-pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

4–6.

= 48.