Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

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 not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–16 mm;

petiole 3–6 cm;

leaflets 7–12, blades 30–80 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

2–4 cm;

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

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

2–5 mm.

2–6 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.

13–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–10 mm;

corolla light blue to purple, banner patch yellowish to white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

3–4 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.