Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

erect, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

petiole 2–8 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 10–40 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

cauline;

stipules green, leaflike, lanceolate, 6–30 mm;

petiole 3–6 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–60 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

6–30 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or appearing ± whorled proximally.

3–20 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

1–6 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–8 mm.

1–11 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–10 mm.

2–4 mm.

2–7 mm.

7–10 mm;

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

corolla banner and wings dark pink to magenta, drying blue-purple or whitish, banner spot yellowish, becoming darker magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, upper margins glabrous.

10–14 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 5–12 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 5–10 mm;

corolla blue, banner patch white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, usually glabrous, sparsely hairy near middle of adaxial margin.

often secund, 1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

2–4 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–6.

2–6, beige, mottled brown, 4–5 mm.

= 48.