Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched near middle.

ascending or erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline;

petioles 2–8 cm;

leaflets usually 7, blades bright green, 20–50 × 5–15 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

cauline, often crowded near base;

petiole 2–9 cm, ascending- or appressed-pubescent;

leaflets (5 or)7, blades 10–20 × 5–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrate.

dense, 5–10 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

18–45 cm;

flowers well spaced, usually spirally arranged.

8–18 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm.

5.5–10 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

1.5–4 mm.

5–7 mm.

13–18 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 4–6 mm;

corolla banner yellow, wings usually pink, rarely white, keel white, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle.

10–13(–15) mm;

calyx 6–7 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 6 mm, adaxial lobe 3-cleft, 4 mm;

corolla bright violet-blue, banner spot creamy or yellow, keel glabrous.

2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

3.5–5 cm, villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

usually persistent, usually inconspicuous, petiolate.

usually 5.

6–8.

= 36.