Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect or ascending, branched.

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.

cauline;

stipules 8–10 mm;

petiole 1–3.5 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades 10–25 × 3–6 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

5–20 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–4 cm;

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

2–6 cm;

bracts deciduous, 7–10 mm.

2–5 mm.

4–8 mm.

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.

8–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm, adaxial lip deeply lobed, 5–7 mm;

corolla light violet to blue, banner patch persistently yellow, banner densely hairy abaxially, lower keel margins ± ciliate, adaxial margins glabrous.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

2.5–3.5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5.

4–8, mottled brown, 4–5 mm.