Flora of North America species comparison

very short, tufted, branched.

± prostrate, branched, weak.

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;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 3–5, blades 5–20 × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface sericeous.

dense, 3–16-flowered, 1–8 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, crowded.

open, 2–10 cm;

flowers whorled.

1–8(–10) cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–3 mm.

4–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 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.

11–13 mm;

calyx 5–6 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or notched, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla light blue to lavender, banner patch white to yellow turning violet, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate claw to tip.

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

2–3 cm, shaggy.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

1 or 2, smooth.

5–8, tan, mottled brown, 3–4 mm.