Flora of North America species comparison

erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.

ascending or erect, branched near middle.

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;

petioles 2–8 cm;

leaflets usually 7, blades bright green, 20–50 × 5–15 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

16–60 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

dense, 5–10 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

8–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.

8–18 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm.

2–12 mm.

1.5–4 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.

13–18 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 4–6 mm;

corolla banner yellow, wings usually pink, rarely white, keel white, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle.

2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.

2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.

usually 5.