Flora of North America species comparison

erect, clustered, branched.

ascending or erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline;

stipules 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

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

cauline, often crowded near base;

petiole 2–9 cm, ascending- or appressed-pubescent;

leaflets (5 or)7, blades 10–20 × 5–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrate.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

18–45 cm;

flowers well spaced, usually spirally arranged.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

5.5–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

5–10 mm.

5–7 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.

10–13(–15) mm;

calyx 6–7 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 6 mm, adaxial lobe 3-cleft, 4 mm;

corolla bright violet-blue, banner spot creamy or yellow, keel glabrous.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

3.5–5 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

usually persistent, usually inconspicuous, petiolate.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.

6–8.

= 36.