Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched.

erect, clustered, branched.

cauline, crowded near base;

petiole 2–6 cm;

leaflets 5 or 6(or 7), blades 10–25 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

cauline;

stipules 5–14 mm;

petiole 4–7(–10) cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–60 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

2–12 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

20–45 cm;

flowers ± whorled or not.

3–6 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2–3 mm.

5–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm.

4–6 mm.

5–10 mm.

10–13 mm;

calyx 6–8 mm, abaxial lobe entire or cleft, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe cleft, 2–3 mm, hairs silvery;

corolla usually dark blue, rarely white, banner spot bright white, keel glabrous, wings flat.

12–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 10–15 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 8–10 mm;

corolla violet to blue, banner patch yellowish to white or absent, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip.

2.5–3.5 cm, white silky-villous.

dark, 4–6 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5.

6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm.

= 36.