Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent-erect, branched.

± prostrate, branched, weak.

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;

stipules 8–12 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 3–5, blades 5–20 × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface sericeous.

open, 4–20 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

open, 2–10 cm;

flowers whorled.

1–4 cm;

bracts semideciduous, 7–8 mm.

4–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm.

3–4 mm.

3–5 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.

11–13 mm;

calyx 5–6 mm, bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or notched, adaxial lobe deeply notched;

corolla light blue to lavender, banner patch white to yellow turning violet, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate claw to tip.

2.5–3.5 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, shaggy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4 or 5, mottled brown, 7–11 mm.

5–8, tan, mottled brown, 3–4 mm.