Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, tufted, or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

cauline;

petiole 2–7 cm, spreading-pubescent;

leaflets 5–9, blades 10–30 × 1.5–8 mm, surfaces pubescent.

cauline and basal;

stipules 4–9 mm;

petiole 2–16 cm;

leaflets 7–10(–13), blades 20–70 × 3–15 mm, adaxial surface strigose.

1–18 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, solitary axillary flowers also sometimes present.

open, 3–18 cm;

flowers whorled.

erect, 2–8 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2.5–4 mm.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–6 mm.

0.7–2 mm.

1–7 mm.

5–12 mm;

calyx 3–5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla usually pink to purple, rarely white, banner spot white or yellowish, keel usually glabrous, rarely with few, minute cilia on lower margins.

8–14 mm;

calyx spur distinct, 1–3 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 2.5–5 mm, 1–3 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 2–4 mm;

corolla blue, purple, pink, white, or yellowish, banner patch white, yellowish, or absent, banner hairy abaxially, wings with dense hair patch outside near tip, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

1–1.5 cm, pubescent.

2–3 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–5.

3–6, tan, 5–6 mm.

= 48.