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.

cauline;

stipules 5–20 mm;

petiole 4–10 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 5–50 × 4–7 mm, adaxial surface densely pubescent, silver-hairy.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

10–70 cm, rachis persistent;

flowers whorled or not.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

7–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–9 mm.

1–7 mm.

4–6 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.

with distinctive sweet smell, 10–13 mm;

calyx 6–8 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla violet to lavender, banner patch bright yellow, turning purple, banner usually hairy abaxially, keel usually ± lobed proximally, abaxial margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2–3 cm, silky.

3–5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

5–8, mottled yellow-brown with lateral lines.

-ledons deciduous, petiolate.