Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, spreading, many branched.

erect, unbranched or branched.

basal, clustered;

stipules 20–150 mm;

petiole 2.5–10 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 40–120 × 18–33 mm, adaxial surface densely sericeous or strigulose.

cauline;

stipules green, leaflike, lanceolate, 6–30 mm;

petiole 3–6 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–60 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

8–30 cm;

flowers whorled.

3–20 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

3–4 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–8 mm.

1–11 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–10 mm.

1–4 mm.

2–7 mm.

11–15 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–10 mm, adaxial lobe 3-fid with 2 linear laterals, 4–8 mm;

corolla light to deep blue, limb centrally white at base, banner spot white to cream, glabrous abaxially, keel glabrous.

10–14 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 5–12 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 5–10 mm;

corolla blue, banner patch white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, usually glabrous, sparsely hairy near middle of adaxial margin.

3–5 cm, appressed villous to sericeous.

2–4 cm, silky.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–7, gray mottled black, 4 mm.

2–6, beige, mottled brown, 4–5 mm.