Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, branched or 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;

petiole 4–9 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 10–20 mm, adaxial surface hirsute.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

15–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5–8 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

2–5 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.

12–18 mm;

calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla deep pink to magenta, drying purplish, banner spot white becoming magenta, lower keel margins densely ciliate from middle to near claw.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–4 cm, coarsely hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–6.