Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, branched or 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;

petiole (1–)3–7 cm;

leaflets (5–)7–11, blades (7–)15–30(–45) × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous or pubescent, at least marginally.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

2–4 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 3–5 mm, shorter than buds.

1–7 mm.

2–5 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.

10–12(–13) mm;

calyx 3–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla usually blue, rarely pinkish, drying darker, banner spot whitish becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, upper margins often ciliate near claw.

2–3 cm, silky.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

4 or 5.