Flora of North America species comparison

sprawling or ascending, clustered, branched.

erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched distally.

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.

mostly cauline, basal normally absent;

stipules 5–7 mm;

petiole 2–14 cm (longer proximally becoming shorter distally);

leaflets 5–13, blades 10–60(–90) × 3–11(–19) mm, surfaces usually silky, rarely thinly silky appearing glabrous abaxially.

11–25 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

12–25(–42) cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

7–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–15 mm.

2–4 cm;

bracts subdeciduous, 5–8 mm.

2–4 mm.

2–5(–6) mm.

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.

8–14(–18) mm;

calyx sometimes slightly saccate, abaxial lobe subentire or entire, 5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-fid, 6 mm;

corolla pale purple to bright blue, sometimes yellowish or whitish, banner spot white to yellow turning brown, banner well reflexed-recurved at or proximal to midpoint, this 3.5–6 mm proximal to apex, keel moderately curved, banner silky-hairy abaxially, adaxial keel ciliate almost full length, not reaching tip.

(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous.

2–3.7 cm, densely pilosulous.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

2–4.

(2 or)3–5(–7).

= 52.