Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched, usually succulent.

ascending or erect, branched near middle.

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.

cauline;

petioles 2–8 cm;

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

15–25 cm;

flowers whorled.

dense, 5–10 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

5–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–5 mm.

8–18 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm.

3–7 mm.

1.5–4 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.

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.

3.5–5 cm, coarsely pubescent to tomentose.

2 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–9.

usually 5.

= 48.