Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline;

petiole 1–7 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 10–40 × 1–5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely pubescent.

cauline;

petiole 3–12 cm;

leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

4–20 cm;

flowers usually in fewer than 5 whorls, sometimes spirally arranged.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

3–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

4–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds.

1–3.5 mm.

5–9 mm.

4–10 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 4–6 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 2–4 mm;

corolla usually blue, rarely light blue, pink, or white, banner spot white, becoming magenta, upper keel margins usually ciliate near apex, rarely glabrous, sometimes blunt, banner longer than wide.

10–18 mm;

calyx 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

1–3 × 0.3–0.6 cm, pubescent.

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–8.

5–8.

= 48.