Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

erect, densely tufted, unbranched distally.

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, persisting until after flowering;

stipules 4–8 mm;

proximal petioles 4–20 cm, distal ones 1.5–5 cm;

leaflets 6–15, blades white to greenish, (20–)25–70 × 4–10 mm, abaxial surface hairy-strigulose or sericeous, adaxial surface strigulose-silky to sparsely hairy or glabrous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

6–20 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

2.5–6 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 5–9 mm.

1–7 mm.

(2–)4–10 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.

8–12 mm;

calyx asymmetrical but not spurred, silky, abaxial lobe entire, 4–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-fid, 3–5 mm;

corolla pale sulfur yellow, blue, or white, banner glabrous or sparsely hairy abaxially (pubescence extending above calyx as a line), upper keel margins usually ciliate most of length, sometimes glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, pilose to silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

4 or 5, pinkish brown.