Flora of North America species comparison

very short, tufted, branched.

short-decumbent, clustered, unbranched.

cauline, crowded near base;

stipules well developed;

petiole 1–6 cm;

leaflets (3 or)5–9, blades 8–20 × 2–9 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

cauline, clustered near base;

stipules 8–10 mm;

petiole (5–)8–13 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades oblanceolate, 15–50 × 4–10 mm, abaxial surface silky-hairy, adaxial surface glabrous.

dense, 3–16-flowered, 1–8 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, crowded.

5–15 cm;

flowers not whorled.

1–8(–10) cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–3 mm.

4–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–4 mm.

0.3–1.5 mm.

3–5 mm.

6–8 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire or shallowly cleft, ± 6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3 mm, less than 1/2 as long as abaxial;

corolla bright blue, banner spot white or yellow, keel glabrous.

8–11 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 3.5–6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 2–5 mm;

corolla violet, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

not undulate, 1 cm, thinly pilose to coarsely hirsute.

3–4.5 cm, hairy.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

1 or 2, smooth.

5 or 6, brown, 6–7 mm.