Flora of North America species comparison

erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

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;

petiole 3–7 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 20–50 × 3–5 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

16–60 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

10–25 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged.

8–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.

5–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2–12 mm.

4–5 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.

10–12 mm;

calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with few cilia near apex, banner as wide as long or wider.

2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.

3–6 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.

6–8.