Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

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.

basal;

stipules 6–11 mm;

petiole (2–)3–6(–8) cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 5–20 × 5–8 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

crowded, 2–6 cm;

flowers whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

3–7 cm;

bracts ± deciduous, 4–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

(2–)4–5 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.

8–11 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe ± entire, 6–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply 2-toothed, 5–7 mm;

corolla violet, banner patch cream or white, keel ± straight, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin usually glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

1–2 cm, appressed-villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–5, white.