Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched, woody.

ascending or erect, branched.

cauline;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 2–3(–6) cm;

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

cauline, often crowded near base;

petiole 1–6 cm;

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

10–30 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

6–12 cm;

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

4–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

3–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm.

4–10 mm.

3–7 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.

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.

4–7 cm, hairy.

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

deciduous, petiolate.

usually persistent, petiolate.

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

4 or 5.

= 48.

= 36.