Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending-erect, clustered, branched.

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;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–18 mm;

petiole 2–7 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 20–70 × 5–14 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

open, 10–44 cm;

flowers usually whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

2–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–16 mm.

1–7 mm.

2–7 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–)12–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–13 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–12 mm;

corolla usually purple, rarely yellowish white, banner patch indistinct, banner glabrous abaxially, keel strongly upcurved, glabrous, banner and wings narrow, not covering tip.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–7, gray to tan, mottled tan, 4–7 mm.

= 48.