Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, spreading, or erect, branched.

± prostrate or ascending, branched.

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.

basal (clustered near base);

stipules 4–5 mm;

petiole 2–4.5 cm;

leaflets 6–8, blades 10–20 × 2–4 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

10–30 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–7 cm;

flowers in few whorls, widely separated.

3–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–14 mm.

5–10 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 4–5 mm.

3–7 mm.

2–4 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.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe obscurely 3-toothed, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm;

corolla ± violet, banner patch yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

3–4.5 cm, hairy.

2–3 cm, pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–7, mottled brown, 4–7 mm.

1 or 2.