Flora of North America species comparison

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched.

cauline, clustered near base;

stipules 2–7 mm;

petiole 5–15 cm;

leaflets 4–7, blades widely spoon-shaped, 30–40(–50) × 10–20 mm, surfaces densely silky.

open to dense, 10–30 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

8–15 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–4 mm.

4–6 mm.

12–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 7–10 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–10 mm;

corolla purple to violet, banner ± hairy abaxially, lower keel margins usually ± glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate claw to tip.

2–3 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, light brown, 3–5 mm.