Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched, usually succulent.

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched distally.

cauline, may be crowded at base on new growth;

petiole 6–15 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 20–60 × 7–20 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

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.

15–25 cm;

flowers whorled.

12–25(–42) cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

5–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–5 mm.

2–4 cm;

bracts subdeciduous, 5–8 mm.

3–7 mm.

2–5(–6) mm.

12–18 mm;

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

corolla usually blue-purple, rarely white, lavender, or pink, banner spot white, becoming magenta, upper wing margins ciliate near claw, lower and upper keel margins 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.

3.5–5 cm, coarsely pubescent to tomentose.

2–3.7 cm, densely pilosulous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–9.

(2 or)3–5(–7).

= 48.