Flora of North America species comparison

erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.

erect, branched.

cauline, basal when present withered by anthesis;

stipules 5–10 mm;

petiole 4–20 cm;

leaflets 5–11, blades 40–100 × 6–24 mm, abaxial surface ± hairy, adaxial surface glabrous or hairy.

cauline;

stipules 5–20 mm;

petiole 4–10 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 5–50 × 4–7 mm, adaxial surface densely pubescent, silver-hairy.

16–60 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

10–70 cm, rachis persistent;

flowers whorled or not.

8–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.

7–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–9 mm.

2–12 mm.

4–6 mm.

8–18 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire or notched, 4–8 mm, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 5–10 mm;

corolla blue or purple to white, banner patch usually white to yellowish turning purple, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins usually ciliate, adaxial margin ciliate from claw to middle.

with distinctive sweet smell, 10–13 mm;

calyx 6–8 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla violet to lavender, banner patch bright yellow, turning purple, banner usually hairy abaxially, keel usually ± lobed proximally, abaxial margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.

3–5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.

5–8, mottled yellow-brown with lateral lines.

-ledons deciduous, petiolate.