Flora of North America species comparison

erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.

sprawling or ascending, clustered, 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.

basal;

stipules conspicuous, 20–30 mm;

petiole 3.5–9.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 150–270 × 12–33 mm, surfaces sericeous or abaxially thinly pubescent.

16–60 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

11–25 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

8–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.

7–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–15 mm.

2–12 mm.

2–4 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.

10–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 10–11 mm, adaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm;

corolla lilac to reddish purple or pink, banner spot maroon, glabrous.

2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.

(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.

2–4.

= 52.