Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

erect, ascending, or decumbent, 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, clustered near base;

stipules 2–7 mm;

petiole 5–15 cm;

leaflets 4–7, blades widely spoon-shaped, 30–40(–50) × 10–20 mm, surfaces densely silky.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

open to dense, 10–30 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

8–15 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–4 mm.

2–6 mm.

4–6 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.

12–16 mm;

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

corolla purple to violet, banner ± hairy abaxially, lower keel margins usually ± glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate claw to tip.

3–4 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

3–7, light brown, 3–5 mm.