Flora of North America species comparison

erect, densely tufted, unbranched distally.

sprawling or ascending, clustered, branched.

basal and cauline, persisting until after flowering;

stipules 4–8 mm;

proximal petioles 4–20 cm, distal ones 1.5–5 cm;

leaflets 6–15, blades white to greenish, (20–)25–70 × 4–10 mm, abaxial surface hairy-strigulose or sericeous, adaxial surface strigulose-silky to sparsely hairy or glabrous.

basal;

stipules conspicuous, 20–30 mm;

petiole 3.5–9.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 150–270 × 12–33 mm, surfaces sericeous or abaxially thinly pubescent.

6–20 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

11–25 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

2.5–6 cm;

bracts tardily deciduous, 5–9 mm.

7–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–15 mm.

(2–)4–10 mm.

2–4 mm.

8–12 mm;

calyx asymmetrical but not spurred, silky, abaxial lobe entire, 4–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-fid, 3–5 mm;

corolla pale sulfur yellow, blue, or white, banner glabrous or sparsely hairy abaxially (pubescence extending above calyx as a line), upper keel margins usually ciliate most of length, sometimes glabrous.

10–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 10–11 mm, adaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm;

corolla lilac to reddish purple or pink, banner spot maroon, glabrous.

2–3 cm, pilose to silky.

(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5, pinkish brown.

2–4.

= 52.