Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, very short, tufted or spreading, branched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline, crowded near base;

stipules well developed;

petiole 2–9 cm;

leaflets 7–11, blades 10–30 × 4–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

cauline;

petiole 2–8 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 10–40 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

6–30 cm;

flowers spirally arranged or appearing ± whorled proximally.

1–10 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm.

1–6 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–8 mm.

1–4 mm.

2–4 mm.

4.5–7 mm;

calyx 3–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe cleft;

corolla dark blue-purple or whitish with blue tip, banner spot white becoming yellow, keel blunt, glabrous.

7–10 mm;

calyx 3–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla banner and wings dark pink to magenta, drying blue-purple or whitish, banner spot yellowish, becoming darker magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, upper margins glabrous.

undulate, 1.5–2 cm, not constricted between seeds, ciliate with long, dense hairs, sides with short, inflated hairs becoming scaly on drying.

often secund, 1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

2, wrinkled.

4–6.

= 48.