Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

ascending or erect, branched.

cauline;

petiole 1–7 cm;

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

cauline;

stipules 6–16 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–45 × 3–8 mm, adaxial surface tomentose, hairs silvery.

4–20 cm;

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

5–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

3–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

2–5.5 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.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 3–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla usually yellow, banner hairy abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

1–3 × 0.3–0.6 cm, pubescent.

2–3 cm, strigose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–8.

3–5, tan, 3–5 mm.

= 48.