Flora of North America species comparison

± prostrate or ascending, branched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

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.

cauline;

petiole 3–12 cm;

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

2–7 cm;

flowers in few whorls, widely separated.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

5–10 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 4–5 mm.

4–7 cm;

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

2–4 mm.

5–9 mm.

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.

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.

2–3 cm, pilose.

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

1 or 2.

5–8.