Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect or ascending, green or purplish, 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.

basal and/or cauline;

stipules 2–12 mm;

petiole 1–15 cm;

leaflets (5 or)6–10, blades 10–60 × 4–10 mm, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial surface glabrous or hairy (but not strigose).

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

loose, 5–16(–25) cm;

flowers whorled or not.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

(1–)4–25(–30) cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 3–4 mm.

1–7 mm.

(1–)2–5(–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.

5–15 mm;

calyx 4–8 mm, bulge or spur 0–3 mm (may be variable on plant), abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed;

corolla usually blue, sometimes purple, violet, pink, lilac, or white, banner patch yellowish to whitish, blue, brown, or absent, banner not much reflexed-recurved beyond midpoint, this less than 3 mm proximal to apex, banner glabrous or pubescent abaxially, wings glabrous, lower keel margins glabrous, upper margins ciliate.

2–3 cm, silky.

(1–)2–3 cm, hairy or silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

(2 or)3–5(or 6), tan, brown, or red.