Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, 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;

petiole 2–7 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 15–35 × 3–10 mm, adaxial surface densely pubescent to tomentose.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

5–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing whorled proximally.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

1–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

2.5–5 mm, becoming recurved.

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.

8.5–12 mm;

calyx 3–5 mm, lobes ± equal, cleft;

corolla golden yellow or white, lower keel margins short-ciliate near claw.

2–3 cm, silky.

1–2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–8, resembling bits of granite.