Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched, woody.

sprawling or ascending, clustered, branched.

cauline;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 2–3(–6) cm;

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

basal;

stipules conspicuous, 20–30 mm;

petiole 3.5–9.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 150–270 × 12–33 mm, surfaces sericeous or abaxially thinly pubescent.

10–30 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

11–25 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

4–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

7–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–15 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.

10–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 10–11 mm, adaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm;

corolla lilac to reddish purple or pink, banner spot maroon, glabrous.

4–7 cm, hairy.

(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

2–4.

= 48.

= 52.