Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

± prostrate, branched, weak.

cauline;

petiole 2–8 cm;

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

cauline;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

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

6–30 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or appearing ± whorled proximally.

open, 2–10 cm;

flowers whorled.

1–6 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–8 mm.

4–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

2–4 mm.

3–5 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.

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.

often secund, 1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

2–3 cm, shaggy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–6.

5–8, tan, mottled brown, 3–4 mm.

= 48.