Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched, woody.

erect or ascending, few-clustered, 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.

cauline (basal not present at anthesis);

stipules 4–13 mm;

petiole 2.5–6 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades broadly oblanceolate, 20–40(–50) × 4–11 mm, abaxial surface appressed-hairy, adaxial surface glabrate.

10–30 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

4–15 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or ± whorled.

4–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

4–10 mm.

5–8 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–)12–14 mm;

calyx lobes entire, 6 mm;

corolla pale lavender to reddish purple, banner spot yellow or white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel distally ciliolate.

4–7 cm, hairy.

4 × 2 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

3–6.

= 48.