Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate to decumbent, clustered, acaulescent or short-spreading and unbranched.

± prostrate, branched.

mostly near base, in a rosette;

stipules 4–10 mm;

petiole 1–9 cm;

leaflets 5–7(or 8), blades 10–55 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface greenish, surfaces copiously villous-hirsute with long, spreading hairs, abaxially more dense.

cauline, clustered near base;

stipules less than 6 mm;

petiole 6–8(–14) cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 10–20 × 8–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

6–23 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

dense, 3–5 cm, usually exceeding leaves;

flowers whorled.

3–4.5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–8 mm.

1.5–4 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm.

1–4 mm.

1–4 mm.

7–13 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, lobes entire, 5–7.5 mm;

corolla violet-blue, banner yellow toward center, tip of keel purple, wings yellow toward center, banner glabrous abaxially, upper keel margins ciliate to densely ciliate.

8–12 mm, in 5–12 whorls;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm;

corolla pink, banner patch light yellow, keel dark rose, white at claw, banner glabrous abaxially, strongly reflexed, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

1.5–2 cm, hispid.

1.5–2.5 cm, shaggy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–5, dark with light spots.

3–5, tan.