Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched or unbranched.

erect or ascending, branched.

cauline;

petiole 4–9 cm;

leaflets usually 9, blades 10–40 × 4–9 mm, adaxial surface villous to pilose.

cauline;

stipules 8–10 mm;

petiole 1–3.5 cm;

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

10–40 cm;

flowers whorled.

5–20 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

5–12 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 8–9 mm.

2–6 cm;

bracts deciduous, 7–10 mm.

6–8 mm.

4–8 mm.

11–17 mm;

calyx 4–7 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe cleft;

corolla usually blue, rarely white, banner spot white, upper keel margins ciliate near apex, banner as wide as or wider than long.

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.

3–5 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.

2.5–3.5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

5–10.

4–8, mottled brown, 4–5 mm.