Flora of North America species comparison

erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.

ascending or 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;

stipules well developed;

petiole 1.3–3.3 cm;

leaflets (3 or)4–7, blades 7–20(–24) × 3–5 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

16–60 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

dense, several-flowered, 1–3 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

8–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.

(1–)3–6 cm;

bracts persistent, 3–4 mm.

2–12 mm.

0.8–2 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.

5–9 mm;

calyx 7–8 mm, adaxial lobe more than 1/2 as long as abaxial;

corolla usually blue with pale banner patch, sometimes entirely white, keel glabrous.

2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.

not obviously undulate, 0.9–1.3 cm, sparsely or densely pilose.

deciduous, petiolate.

persistent on young plants, becoming dry and deciduous, sessile.

6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.

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