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 (1–)3–7 cm;

leaflets (5–)7–11, blades (7–)15–30(–45) × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous or pubescent, at least marginally.

several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

1–10 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm.

2–4 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 3–5 mm, shorter than buds.

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.

10–12(–13) mm;

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

corolla usually blue, rarely pinkish, drying darker, banner spot whitish becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, upper margins often 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.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

2, wrinkled.

4 or 5.