Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect, unbranched or branched distally, hollow.

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 and cauline, green;

stipules 5–20 mm;

basal petioles 10–25 cm, cauline 1–4 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–80(–130) × 5–8 mm, adaxial surface strigose, hairs less than 1 mm.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

5–28 cm, usually exceeding leaves;

flowers dense.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

4–17 cm;

bracts persistent, 5–10 mm.

1–7 mm.

1–3 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, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla violet to dark blue, banner patch orange to red, banner usually glabrous abaxially, rarely hairy, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin densely ciliate.

2–3 cm, silky.

1.5–2 cm, hairy to woolly.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

4–6, brown, mottled tan, 3–4 mm.