Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

decumbent to erect, clustered, 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, clustered near base or not;

stipules 6–20 mm;

petiole 1–8(–12) cm;

leaflets 6–10, blades 10–45 × 4–18 mm, surfaces hairy.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

4–40 cm, rachis usually deciduous or semideciduous;

flowers usually spirally arranged or loosely whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5–13 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–24 mm.

1–7 mm.

3–10 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.

10–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 6–10 mm, adaxial lobe deeply divided, 6–8 mm;

corolla violet to lavender, patch usually yellow, rarely white, turning purple, banner usually hairy abaxially, rarely glabrous, keel usually unlobed proximally, adaxial margin usually ciliate middle to tip, abaxial margins glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

3–5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

4–9, mottled tan, 4–6 mm.