Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, spreading, many branched.

ascending or erect, branched near middle.

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;

petioles 2–8 cm;

leaflets usually 7, blades bright green, 20–50 × 5–15 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

8–30 cm;

flowers whorled.

dense, 5–10 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

3–4 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–8 mm.

8–18 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm.

1–4 mm.

1.5–4 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.

13–18 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 4–6 mm;

corolla banner yellow, wings usually pink, rarely white, keel white, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle.

3–5 cm, appressed villous to sericeous.

2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–7, gray mottled black, 4 mm.

usually 5.