Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

cauline and basal;

stipules 4–9 mm;

petiole 2–16 cm;

leaflets 7–10(–13), blades 20–70 × 3–15 mm, adaxial surface strigose.

cauline;

petiole 3–10 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 4–11 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

10–40 cm;

flowers whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5–18 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–7.5 mm.

1–7 mm.

3–6 mm.

8–14 mm;

calyx spur distinct, 1–3 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 2.5–5 mm, 1–3 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 2–4 mm;

corolla blue, purple, pink, white, or yellowish, banner patch white, yellowish, or absent, banner hairy abaxially, wings with dense hair patch outside near tip, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

8–12 mm;

calyx 5–7 mm, lobes ± equal, entire;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with a tooth near middle, ciliate from tooth to near apex, banner width equal to or greater than length.

2–3 cm, silky.

3–5 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

5–8.