Flora of North America species comparison

erect, clustered, branched.

decumbent, ascending, or erect, clustered, usually unbranched.

cauline;

stipules 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

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

cauline;

stipules 7–14 mm;

petiole 2–5 cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 20–50 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface hairs silvery-silky.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

dense, 3–7 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

(1–)2–4(–5) cm;

bracts 3–4 mm.

5–10 mm.

2–5 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.

11–13 mm;

calyx 6–7 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, adaxial lobe 2-toothed;

corolla blue to lilac, banner patch yellow, banner well reflexed-recurved at or proximal to midpoint, this 3.5–6 mm proximal to apex, banner broader than long, hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

2.5–4 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.

4–5, mottled brown, 3–4 mm.