Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched, woody.

spreading-ascending, clustered, robust, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 2–3(–6) cm;

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

cauline;

stipules abortive or early deciduous (occurring only on very new growth), 9–15 mm;

petiole 2–3.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 30–70 × 15–25 mm, surfaces short-appressed, velvety to satiny sericeous.

10–30 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

4–25 cm;

flowers whorled.

4–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2.5–6.5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–7 mm.

4–10 mm.

4–6 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.

11–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe ovate, 2-lobed, 8–12 mm, adaxial lobe lanceolate, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, 5–10 mm;

corolla pink or rose to blue, banner spot maroon to dark blue, banner glabrous abaxially, keel glabrous.

4–7 cm, hairy.

1.5–2.5 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

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

2–4.

= 48.