Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, ascending, or decumbent, 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.

mostly cauline, basal normally absent;

stipules 5–7 mm;

petiole 2–14 cm (longer proximally becoming shorter distally);

leaflets 5–13, blades 10–60(–90) × 3–11(–19) mm, surfaces usually silky, rarely thinly silky appearing glabrous abaxially.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

12–25(–42) cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

2–4 cm;

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

2–4 cm;

bracts subdeciduous, 5–8 mm.

2–5 mm.

2–5(–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.

8–14(–18) mm;

calyx sometimes slightly saccate, abaxial lobe subentire or entire, 5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-fid, 6 mm;

corolla pale purple to bright blue, sometimes yellowish or whitish, banner spot white to yellow turning brown, banner well reflexed-recurved at or proximal to midpoint, this 3.5–6 mm proximal to apex, keel moderately curved, banner silky-hairy abaxially, adaxial keel ciliate almost full length, not reaching tip.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

2–3.7 cm, densely pilosulous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5.

(2 or)3–5(–7).