Flora of North America species comparison

very short, tufted, branched.

sprawling or ascending, clustered, branched.

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.

basal;

stipules conspicuous, 20–30 mm;

petiole 3.5–9.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 150–270 × 12–33 mm, surfaces sericeous or abaxially thinly pubescent.

dense, 3–16-flowered, 1–8 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, crowded.

11–25 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

1–8(–10) cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–3 mm.

7–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–15 mm.

0.3–1.5 mm.

2–4 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.

10–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 10–11 mm, adaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm;

corolla lilac to reddish purple or pink, banner spot maroon, glabrous.

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

(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

1 or 2, smooth.

2–4.

= 52.