Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate, branched, base ± woody.

cauline, clustered near base;

stipules 2–5 mm;

petiole 1–5(–6) cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 3–20 × 2–6 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

blades 3–5 mm.

2–3 cm.

dense, 1–10 cm;

flowers whorled.

1–2 cm.

1–3(–8) cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–5 mm.

1–3(–4) mm.

4–6(–7) mm;

banner and keel ± glabrous.

4–11 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 4–6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla blue to violet, banner patch white or yellow, banner glabrous or densely hairy abaxially, keel straight, abaxial margins glabrous, adaxial margin glabrous or ciliate.

1–2 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

3 or 4, mottled tan, brown, 3–4 mm.