Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

cauline;

petiole flattened and leafletlike, 3–10 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–40 × 2–5 mm, apex usually truncate, adaxial surface glabrous.

cauline;

petiole 3–12 cm;

leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

6–35 cm;

flowers loosely spirally arranged.

10–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally.

3–10 cm;

bracts persistent, 2–5 mm.

4–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds.

2–4 mm.

5–9 mm.

8–13 mm;

calyx 3–4 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire or shallowly cleft, 2.5–3 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 1.5–2 mm;

corolla banner and wings magenta, banner spot white or yellowish, becoming dark magenta, keel stout, blunt, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle.

10–18 mm;

calyx 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

±3 cm, pubescent.

3 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8.

5–8.