Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

decumbent to erect, clustered, branched or unbranched.

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–16 mm;

petiole 3–6 cm;

leaflets 7–12, blades 30–80 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

cauline, clustered near base or not;

stipules 6–20 mm;

petiole 1–8(–12) cm;

leaflets 6–10, blades 10–45 × 4–18 mm, surfaces hairy.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

4–40 cm, rachis usually deciduous or semideciduous;

flowers usually spirally arranged or loosely whorled.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

5–13 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–24 mm.

2–6 mm.

3–10 mm.

13–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–10 mm;

corolla light blue to purple, banner patch yellowish to white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

10–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 6–10 mm, adaxial lobe deeply divided, 6–8 mm;

corolla violet to lavender, patch usually yellow, rarely white, turning purple, banner usually hairy abaxially, rarely glabrous, keel usually unlobed proximally, adaxial margin usually ciliate middle to tip, abaxial margins glabrous.

3–4 cm, silky.

3–5 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

4–9, mottled tan, 4–6 mm.