Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–16 mm;

petiole 3–6 cm;

leaflets 7–12, blades 30–80 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

cauline;

petiole 3–12 cm;

leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

4–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds.

2–6 mm.

5–9 mm.

13–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–10 mm;

corolla light blue to purple, banner patch yellowish to white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

10–18 mm;

calyx 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

3–4 cm, silky.

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

5–8.