Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

very short, densely tufted, branched.

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, densely tufted or crowded near base;

free blades of stipules reduced, 1 mm;

petiole 0.4–1.5 cm;

leaflets (3 or)5, blades 2–7 × 1–1.5 mm, adaxial surface villous.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

flowers solitary or paired, axillary.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

1.5–4 mm;

bracts persistent, 1 mm.

1–7 mm.

1 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.

4–5 mm;

calyx 2.5–3 mm, abaxial lobe shallowly cleft, 2–2.5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 0.5–1 mm;

corolla banner white, wings and keel purplish, keel glabrous.

2–3 cm, silky.

0.6–1 cm, pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

1 or 2.