Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

± prostrate 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.

basal (clustered near base);

stipules 4–5 mm;

petiole 2–4.5 cm;

leaflets 6–8, blades 10–20 × 2–4 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–7 cm;

flowers in few whorls, widely separated.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

5–10 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 4–5 mm.

2–6 mm.

2–4 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.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe obscurely 3-toothed, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm;

corolla ± violet, banner patch yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

3–4 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

1 or 2.