Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, 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 5–20 mm;

petiole 4–10 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 5–50 × 4–7 mm, adaxial surface densely pubescent, silver-hairy.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

10–70 cm, rachis persistent;

flowers whorled or not.

2–4 cm;

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

7–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–9 mm.

2–5 mm.

4–6 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.

with distinctive sweet smell, 10–13 mm;

calyx 6–8 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla violet to lavender, banner patch bright yellow, turning purple, banner usually hairy abaxially, keel usually ± lobed proximally, abaxial margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

3–5 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5.

5–8, mottled yellow-brown with lateral lines.

-ledons deciduous, petiolate.