Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect, clustered, 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 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–60 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

1–7 mm.

5–10 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 bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 10–15 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 8–10 mm;

corolla violet to blue, banner patch yellowish to white or absent, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2–3 cm, silky.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.