Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes 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 3–12 cm;

leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

4–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds.

1–7 mm.

5–9 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 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

2–3 cm, silky.

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

5–8.