Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched, usually succulent.

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, may be crowded at base on new growth;

petiole 6–15 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 20–60 × 7–20 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

15–25 cm;

flowers whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

5–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

3–7 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.

12–18 mm;

calyx 4–7 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe cleft;

corolla usually blue-purple, rarely white, lavender, or pink, banner spot white, becoming magenta, upper wing margins ciliate near claw, lower and upper keel margins ciliate near claw.

2–3 cm, silky.

3.5–5 cm, coarsely pubescent to tomentose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

6–9.

= 48.