Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to matted, clustered, usually unbranched.

erect, branched.

usually basal;

stipules 4–10 mm;

petiole 5–12 cm;

leaflets 5–11, blades 10–35 × 4–7 mm, adaxial surface hairs ± spreading, dense, tomentose to woolly.

cauline;

stipules 5–20 mm;

petiole 4–10 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 5–50 × 4–7 mm, adaxial surface densely pubescent, silver-hairy.

10–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

10–70 cm, rachis persistent;

flowers whorled or not.

3–15 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5(–10) mm.

7–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–9 mm.

2–4 mm.

4–6 mm.

fragrant, 10–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–12 mm, adaxial lobe deeply 2-toothed, 5–10 mm;

corolla deep purple to light blue, banner patch yellow turning reddish, banner glabrous or hairy abaxially, lower keel margins usually ciliate near base, adaxial margin densely hairy.

with distinctive sweet smell, 10–13 mm;

calyx 6–8 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla violet to lavender, banner patch bright yellow, turning purple, banner usually hairy abaxially, keel usually ± lobed proximally, abaxial margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2–3.5 cm, hairy.

3–5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–6, mottled gray-brown with dark lateral line, 3–4 mm.

5–8, mottled yellow-brown with lateral lines.

-ledons deciduous, petiolate.