Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

acaulescent or prostrate to ± erect, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

petiole 3–7 cm;

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

usually basal, sometimes cauline present;

stipules 3–25 mm;

petiole 2–13 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 5–40 × 3–7 mm, surfaces pubescent.

10–25 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged.

dense, 3–20 cm, not exceeding to exserted beyond leaves;

flowers whorled, usually crowded.

5–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2–13 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–15 mm.

4–5 mm.

0.4–3 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.

6–13 mm;

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

corolla pink, violet, or blue, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

3–6 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.

1–2 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8.

2–6, ± mottled tan or green to brown, 2–4 mm.