Flora of North America species comparison

erect, clustered, branched.

erect, 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 (few and large) and basal (persistent until after anthesis);

stipules 11 mm;

petiole 5–20 cm;

leaflets (7–)9–11(or 12), blades 20–50(–80) × 5–12 mm, abaxial surface with long, appressed hairs, especially on margins and veins, adaxial surface usually glabrous.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

loose, 11–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or whorled.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

11–18 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5 mm.

5–10 mm.

5–12 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.

fragrant, 8–13 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 6 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–6 mm;

corolla blue to purple, yellowish, or creamy white, banner distinctly ruffled, markedly concave on lateral face, banner glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, wings glabrous, keel curved upward, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin glabrous.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

2–3 cm, glabrous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.

4 or 5.

= 48.