Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-erect, branched.

erect, clustered, unbranched or branched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 10–12 mm;

petiole 1–2 cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 15–25 × 3–7 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

cauline, some clustered at base;

stipules 6–15 mm;

petiole 3–20 cm;

leaflets 6–11, blades 30–90 × 6–19 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

open, 4–20 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

8–30 cm;

flowers dense, spiciform.

1–4 cm;

bracts semideciduous, 7–8 mm.

2–8 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 3–12 mm.

3–4 mm.

stout, 1–2 mm.

12–14 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 6–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–8 mm;

corolla white, banner patch turning tawny, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

10–13 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 3–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3–6 mm;

corolla lavender or purple to yellowish, often turning brown, banner patch yellow to brown, banner not much reflexed-recurved beyond midpoint, this less than 3 mm proximal to apex, banner densely hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate throughout.

2.5–3.5 cm, silky.

2–3.6 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5, mottled brown, 7–11 mm.

3–6, mottled gray-tan.

= 24, 48.