Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect or ascending, few-clustered, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

petiole 1–7 cm;

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

cauline (basal not present at anthesis);

stipules 4–13 mm;

petiole 2.5–6 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades broadly oblanceolate, 20–40(–50) × 4–11 mm, abaxial surface appressed-hairy, adaxial surface glabrate.

4–20 cm;

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

4–15 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or ± whorled.

3–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

5–8 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–)12–14 mm;

calyx lobes entire, 6 mm;

corolla pale lavender to reddish purple, banner spot yellow or white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel distally ciliolate.

1–3 × 0.3–0.6 cm, pubescent.

4 × 2 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–8.

3–6.

= 48.