Flora of North America species comparison

to 3 dm.

prostrate to decumbent, branched, not weak, from woody base.

stipules 8–16 mm;

petiole 3–5 cm, petiole less than 2 times as long as leaflet blades;

leaflets 5–9.

cauline, often appearing clustered near base first year;

stipules 7–16 mm;

petiole 2–10 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades 15–35 × 3–9 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

± open, 6–16 cm;

flowers whorled or not.

4–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–7 mm.

4–12 mm.

10–13 mm;

corolla blue to lilac, banner patch whitish.

10–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed or entire, 8–9 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 7–8 mm;

corolla blue to lilac, white, yellow, rose, or purple (sometimes on same plant), banner patch whitish or yellow, or absent, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

3–4 cm.

3–4 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

9–14.

7–12.

= 48.