Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

erect or ascending, branched.

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;

stipules 8–10 mm;

petiole 1–3.5 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades 10–25 × 3–6 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

5–20 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

2–6 cm;

bracts deciduous, 7–10 mm.

2–6 mm.

4–8 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.

8–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm, adaxial lip deeply lobed, 5–7 mm;

corolla light violet to blue, banner patch persistently yellow, banner densely hairy abaxially, lower keel margins ± ciliate, adaxial margins glabrous.

3–4 cm, silky.

2.5–3.5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

4–8, mottled brown, 4–5 mm.