Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

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, often crowded near base;

petiole 2–9 cm, ascending- or appressed-pubescent;

leaflets (5 or)7, blades 10–20 × 5–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrate.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

18–45 cm;

flowers well spaced, usually spirally arranged.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5.5–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

5–7 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.

10–13(–15) mm;

calyx 6–7 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 6 mm, adaxial lobe 3-cleft, 4 mm;

corolla bright violet-blue, banner spot creamy or yellow, keel glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

3.5–5 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

usually persistent, usually inconspicuous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

6–8.

= 36.