Flora of North America species comparison

erect, clustered, branched.

decumbent, ascending, or erect, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

stipules 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–60 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–17 mm;

petiole 2–6 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–50 × 3–7 mm, widest above middle, adaxial surface pubescent, appressed-hairy to ± silky or dull green.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

2–23 cm;

flowers spirally arranged to subwhorled.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

2–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2–8 mm.

5–10 mm.

2–6 mm.

12–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 10–15 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 8–10 mm;

corolla violet to blue, banner patch yellowish to white or absent, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or minutely 3-toothed, 3–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–6.5 mm;

corolla pale yellowish to lavender or violet, banner patch yellow to white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

2–4 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.

3–6, mottled brown, 4–6 mm.

= 48.