Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

short-decumbent, clustered, 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, clustered near base;

stipules 8–10 mm;

petiole (5–)8–13 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades oblanceolate, 15–50 × 4–10 mm, abaxial surface silky-hairy, adaxial surface glabrous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

5–15 cm;

flowers not whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

4–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–4 mm.

1–7 mm.

3–5 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.

8–11 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 3.5–6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 2–5 mm;

corolla violet, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

2–3 cm, silky.

3–4.5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

5 or 6, brown, 6–7 mm.