Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched near middle.

erect, tufted, unbranched.

cauline;

petioles 2–8 cm;

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

basal and cauline;

stipules 8–10 mm;

basal petioles to 14 cm, cauline to 4 cm;

leaflets 6–10, blades 20–50 × 4–6 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

dense, 5–10 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

5–17 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

8–18 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm.

3–6 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

1.5–4 mm.

4–8 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.

10–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3–4 mm;

corolla blue, banner patch white to yellowish, banner glabrous abaxially, keel strongly upcurved, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

2.5–4 cm, densely hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

usually 5.

3–4.