Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

solitary, erect, slender, usually unbranched.

cauline;

petiole 2–8 cm;

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

cauline;

stipules 7–9 mm;

petiole to 1 cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 10–40 × 4–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

6–30 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or appearing ± whorled proximally.

4–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

1–6 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–8 mm.

2–6 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2–4 mm.

5–6 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.

8–10(–12) mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 3–5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3–8 mm;

corolla whitish to dull blue (at least in bud), often fading to pale yellow, banner glabrous abaxially, keel glabrous, tip sometimes exserted.

often secund, 1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

1.5–2.5 cm, white-hairy, dark when dry.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–6.

3 or 4, 4–5 mm.

= 48.