Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

erect, clustered, 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, clustered near base;

stipules 5–6 mm;

petiole 13–15 cm;

leaflets 4–8, blades 40–80 × 10–30 mm, adaxial surface long spreading-hairy.

6–35 cm;

flowers loosely spirally arranged.

open, to 20 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

3–10 cm;

bracts persistent, 2–5 mm.

13–20 cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–4 mm.

2–4 mm.

3–6 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.

14–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 8–10 mm, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 6–7 mm;

corolla light blue, pink, or pale yellow, often drying straw-colored, banner patch yellow, banner ± hairy abaxially, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, adaxial margin ciliate throughout.

±3 cm, pubescent.

3–6 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

6–8.

4–8, light brown with brown line or mottled tan, 2–4 mm.