Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

± prostrate or ascending, 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 (clustered near base);

stipules 4–5 mm;

petiole 2–4.5 cm;

leaflets 6–8, blades 10–20 × 2–4 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

2–7 cm;

flowers in few whorls, widely separated.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5–10 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 4–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

2–4 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 obscurely 3-toothed, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm;

corolla ± violet, banner patch yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

1 or 2.