Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

± prostrate, 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, clustered near base;

stipules less than 6 mm;

petiole 6–8(–14) cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 10–20 × 8–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

dense, 3–5 cm, usually exceeding leaves;

flowers whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

1.5–4 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm.

1–7 mm.

1–4 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.

8–12 mm, in 5–12 whorls;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm;

corolla pink, banner patch light yellow, keel dark rose, white at claw, banner glabrous abaxially, strongly reflexed, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

2–3 cm, silky.

1.5–2.5 cm, shaggy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–5, tan.