Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect or ascending, 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, 3–15 mm;

petiole 2–6 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–60 × 5–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

open, 2–23 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

1–8.5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2–10 mm.

1–7 mm.

1.5–5 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.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 2 or 3-toothed, 3–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 5–7 mm;

corolla usually light blue or lavender to purple, rarely white, banner patch white turning purple, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–4.5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

4–6, brown, mottled tan, 4–6 mm.