Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, spreading, many branched.

erect or slightly spreading, clustered, unbranched or branched distally.

basal, clustered;

stipules 20–150 mm;

petiole 2.5–10 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 40–120 × 18–33 mm, adaxial surface densely sericeous or strigulose.

cauline;

stipules 10–15 mm;

proximal petioles (3–)5–14 cm, distal ones (1–)2–4 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 35–80 × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

8–30 cm;

flowers whorled.

6–20 cm;

flowers in 4–8 distinct whorls.

3–4 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–8 mm.

6–12 cm;

bracts semideciduous, 4–10 mm.

1–4 mm.

2–4 mm.

11–15 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–10 mm, adaxial lobe 3-fid with 2 linear laterals, 4–8 mm;

corolla light to deep blue, limb centrally white at base, banner spot white to cream, glabrous abaxially, keel glabrous.

8–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 2 or 3-toothed or entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 7 mm;

corolla blue, banner patch white to yellowish, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial keel sparsely ciliate.

3–5 cm, appressed villous to sericeous.

2–3 cm, densely hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–7, gray mottled black, 4 mm.

6–8.