Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect or ascending, clustered, unbranched or 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, 4–10 mm;

petiole 2–8 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades 30–60 × 3–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent or glabrous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

6–28 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

2–6 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 2–7 mm.

1–7 mm.

3–6 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.

12–15 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 2 or 3-toothed, 6–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–6 mm;

corolla bright yellow to orange-yellow, banner usually glabrous abaxially, sparsely hairy on ridge, keel upcurved, glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–3.5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–5, mottled tan, 6–8 mm.