Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

± prostrate, branched, weak.

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;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 3–5, blades 5–20 × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface sericeous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

open, 2–10 cm;

flowers whorled.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

4–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

1–7 mm.

3–5 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.

11–13 mm;

calyx 5–6 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or notched, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla light blue to lavender, banner patch white to yellow turning violet, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate claw to tip.

2–3 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, shaggy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

5–8, tan, mottled brown, 3–4 mm.