Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

ascending or erect, branched.

cauline;

petiole 2–7 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 15–35 × 3–10 mm, adaxial surface densely pubescent to tomentose.

cauline;

stipules 6–16 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–45 × 3–8 mm, adaxial surface tomentose, hairs silvery.

5–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing whorled proximally.

5–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

1–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–5 mm.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

2.5–5 mm, becoming recurved.

2–5.5 mm.

8.5–12 mm;

calyx 3–5 mm, lobes ± equal, cleft;

corolla golden yellow or white, lower keel margins short-ciliate near claw.

9–12 mm;

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

corolla usually yellow, banner hairy abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

1–2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

2–3 cm, strigose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–8, resembling bits of granite.

3–5, tan, 3–5 mm.