Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect, branched from just above ground.

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 at base, ± fleshy;

stipules 15–20 mm;

petiole 2–15 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades widely oblanceolate, 25–70 × 10–30 mm, surfaces silver-silky.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

1–1.5 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

1–2.5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–7 mm.

1–7 mm.

1–2 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.

10–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe obscurely 2-toothed, 4–6 mm;

corolla yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2–3 cm, silky.

3–4 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

3–5.