Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, tufted, or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, unbranched or branched distally, hollow.

cauline;

petiole 2–7 cm, spreading-pubescent;

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

basal and cauline, green;

stipules 5–20 mm;

basal petioles 10–25 cm, cauline 1–4 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–80(–130) × 5–8 mm, adaxial surface strigose, hairs less than 1 mm.

1–18 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, solitary axillary flowers also sometimes present.

5–28 cm, usually exceeding leaves;

flowers dense.

erect, 2–8 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2.5–4 mm.

4–17 cm;

bracts persistent, 5–10 mm.

0.7–2 mm.

1–3 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.

10–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla violet to dark blue, banner patch orange to red, banner usually glabrous abaxially, rarely hairy, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin densely ciliate.

1–1.5 cm, pubescent.

1.5–2 cm, hairy to woolly.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–5.

4–6, brown, mottled tan, 3–4 mm.

= 48.