Flora of North America species comparison

erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.

basally branched or 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.

basal;

petiole 2–12 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades bright green, 8–24 × 3–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

16–60 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

4–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

8–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.

hollow, 6–15 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm, tips sparsely ciliate.

2–12 mm.

3–7 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.

7–10 mm;

calyx lobes sometimes ciliate at tips, abaxial lobe entire, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe rounded or shallowly 2-toothed, 3–3.5 mm;

corolla deep blue-purple, banner spot white or yellow becoming magenta, keel glabrous.

2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.

1.5–2.5 cm, adaxial suture undulate and ciliate with long dense hairs, sides with a few short hairs becoming scaly on drying.

deciduous, petiolate.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.

2–6, ridged.