Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, spreading, many branched.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

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;

petiole 4–8 cm;

leaflets usually 7, blades 20–25 × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

8–30 cm;

flowers whorled.

4–15 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged.

3–4 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–8 mm.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6 mm.

1–4 mm.

1–2.5 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.

7–9 mm;

calyx 4.5–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe cleft;

corolla blue, banner spot white, becoming dark magenta, keel blunt, glabrous, banner length greater than width.

3–5 cm, appressed villous to sericeous.

± fleshy, 3 × 0.6–0.9 cm, densely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–7, gray mottled black, 4 mm.

usually 5.