Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, tufted, or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched distally.

cauline;

petiole 2–7 cm, spreading-pubescent;

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

mostly cauline, basal normally absent;

stipules 5–7 mm;

petiole 2–14 cm (longer proximally becoming shorter distally);

leaflets 5–13, blades 10–60(–90) × 3–11(–19) mm, surfaces usually silky, rarely thinly silky appearing glabrous abaxially.

1–18 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, solitary axillary flowers also sometimes present.

12–25(–42) cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

erect, 2–8 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2.5–4 mm.

2–4 cm;

bracts subdeciduous, 5–8 mm.

0.7–2 mm.

2–5(–6) 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(–18) mm;

calyx sometimes slightly saccate, abaxial lobe subentire or entire, 5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-fid, 6 mm;

corolla pale purple to bright blue, sometimes yellowish or whitish, banner spot white to yellow turning brown, banner well reflexed-recurved at or proximal to midpoint, this 3.5–6 mm proximal to apex, keel moderately curved, banner silky-hairy abaxially, adaxial keel ciliate almost full length, not reaching tip.

1–1.5 cm, pubescent.

2–3.7 cm, densely pilosulous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–5.

(2 or)3–5(–7).

= 48.