Flora of North America species comparison

erect, clustered, branched.

ascending or erect, branched near base or middle, or unbranched, hollow, at least near base.

cauline;

stipules 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

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

cauline;

petiole 3–15 cm;

leaflets 5–9(–11), blades 10–50 × 2–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

4–60 cm;

flowers in crowded to widely spaced whorls.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

2–30 cm;

bracts persistent, reflexed, 3.5–12 mm.

5–10 mm.

0.5–5 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.

8–18 mm;

calyx appendages usually absent, sometimes present, abaxial lobe 5–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2–6 mm;

corolla white to dark yellow, pink to dark rose, or lavender to purple, lower wing margins sometimes ciliate, upper margins usually ciliate near claw, upper keel margins usually ciliate near claw, lower margins sometimes ciliate but not as densely.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

1–1.8 cm, pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

persistent or deciduous (leaving circular scar), disclike, sessile.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.

2, tan to brown, usually mottled, ridged or smooth.