Flora of North America species comparison

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

ascending or erect, branched or 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 4–9 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 10–20 mm, adaxial surface hirsute.

several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

15–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

1–10 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm.

5–8 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–5 mm.

1–4 mm.

2–5 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.

12–18 mm;

calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla deep pink to magenta, drying purplish, banner spot white becoming magenta, lower keel margins densely ciliate from middle to 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.

2–4 cm, coarsely hairy.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

2, wrinkled.

3–6.