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 3–12 cm;

leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

1–10 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm.

4–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds.

1–4 mm.

5–9 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.

10–18 mm;

calyx 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

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

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

2, wrinkled.

5–8.