Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, tufted, or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, clustered, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

petiole 2–7 cm, spreading-pubescent;

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

cauline, some clustered at base;

stipules 6–15 mm;

petiole 3–20 cm;

leaflets 6–11, blades 30–90 × 6–19 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

1–18 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, solitary axillary flowers also sometimes present.

8–30 cm;

flowers dense, spiciform.

erect, 2–8 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2.5–4 mm.

2–8 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 3–12 mm.

0.7–2 mm.

stout, 1–2 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.

10–13 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 3–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3–6 mm;

corolla lavender or purple to yellowish, often turning brown, banner patch yellow to brown, banner not much reflexed-recurved beyond midpoint, this less than 3 mm proximal to apex, banner densely hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate throughout.

1–1.5 cm, pubescent.

2–3.6 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–5.

3–6, mottled gray-tan.

= 48.

= 24, 48.