Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

erect, usually branched, sometimes 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;

petiole 3–7 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 20–50 × 3–5 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

10–25 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

5–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

2–6 mm.

4–5 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.

10–12 mm;

calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with few cilia near apex, banner as wide as long or wider.

3–4 cm, silky.

3–6 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

6–8.