Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect or ascending, very short, tufted or spreading, 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, crowded near base;

stipules well developed;

petiole 2–9 cm;

leaflets 7–11, blades 10–30 × 4–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

10–25 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

2–4 cm;

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

1–10 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm.

2–5 mm.

1–4 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.

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.

1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent.

undulate, 1.5–2 cm, not constricted between seeds, ciliate with long, dense hairs, sides with short, inflated hairs becoming scaly on drying.

deciduous, petiolate.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

4 or 5.

2, wrinkled.