Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

ascending or erect, branched.

cauline;

petiole 3–7 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 20–50 × 3–5 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

cauline;

stipules 6–16 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–45 × 3–8 mm, adaxial surface tomentose, hairs silvery.

10–25 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged.

5–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

5–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

4–5 mm.

2–5.5 mm.

10–12 mm;

calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with few cilia near apex, banner as wide as long or wider.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 3–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla usually yellow, banner hairy abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

3–6 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.

2–3 cm, strigose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8.

3–5, tan, 3–5 mm.