Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, 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 6–16 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–45 × 3–8 mm, adaxial surface tomentose, hairs silvery.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

5–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

1–7 mm.

2–5.5 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.

9–12 mm;

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

corolla usually yellow, banner hairy abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, strigose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–5, tan, 3–5 mm.