Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

spreading-ascending, clustered, robust, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

petiole 1–7 cm;

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

cauline;

stipules abortive or early deciduous (occurring only on very new growth), 9–15 mm;

petiole 2–3.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 30–70 × 15–25 mm, surfaces short-appressed, velvety to satiny sericeous.

4–20 cm;

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

4–25 cm;

flowers whorled.

3–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–6 mm.

2.5–6.5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–7 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

4–6 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.

11–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe ovate, 2-lobed, 8–12 mm, adaxial lobe lanceolate, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, 5–10 mm;

corolla pink or rose to blue, banner spot maroon to dark blue, banner glabrous abaxially, keel glabrous.

1–3 × 0.3–0.6 cm, pubescent.

1.5–2.5 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–8.

2–4.

= 48.