Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

petiole 2–7 cm;

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

5–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing whorled proximally.

1–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–5 mm.

2.5–5 mm, becoming recurved.

8.5–12 mm;

calyx 3–5 mm, lobes ± equal, cleft;

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

golden yellow, drying translucent, purplish.

1–2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–8, resembling bits of granite.