Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, spreading, or erect, branched.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 4–15 mm;

petiole 2–7 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 25–70 × 6–14 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

cauline;

petiole 3–10 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 4–11 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

10–30 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

10–40 cm;

flowers whorled.

3–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–14 mm.

5–18 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–7.5 mm.

3–7 mm.

3–6 mm.

10–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 8–12 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 7–11 mm;

corolla purple, banner patch white or not, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

8–12 mm;

calyx 5–7 mm, lobes ± equal, entire;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with a tooth near middle, ciliate from tooth to near apex, banner width equal to or greater than length.

3–4.5 cm, hairy.

3–5 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–7, mottled brown, 4–7 mm.

5–8.