Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, branched near base or middle, or unbranched, hollow, at least near base.

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 3–15 cm;

leaflets 5–9(–11), blades 10–50 × 2–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

4–60 cm;

flowers in crowded to widely spaced whorls.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

2–30 cm;

bracts persistent, reflexed, 3.5–12 mm.

1–7 mm.

0.5–5 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.

8–18 mm;

calyx appendages usually absent, sometimes present, abaxial lobe 5–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2–6 mm;

corolla white to dark yellow, pink to dark rose, or lavender to purple, lower wing margins sometimes ciliate, upper margins usually ciliate near claw, upper keel margins usually ciliate near claw, lower margins sometimes ciliate but not as densely.

2–3 cm, silky.

1–1.8 cm, pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

persistent or deciduous (leaving circular scar), disclike, sessile.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

2, tan to brown, usually mottled, ridged or smooth.