Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

petiole 1–7 cm;

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

cauline;

petiole 2–8.5 cm;

leaflets 5–7(–9), blades 10–40 × 1–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

4–20 cm;

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

4–40 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged distally.

3–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

2–15 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–12 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

2.5–7 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.

6–15 mm;

calyx 4–8 mm, lobes ± equal, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla usually blue, rarely light blue, lavender, pink, white, banner spot white, upper keel margins ciliate near apex, banner as wide as or wider than long.

1–3 × 0.3–0.6 cm, pubescent.

2–4 × 0.4–0.7 cm, pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–8.

4–12.

= 48.

= 48.