Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

ascending or erect, 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;

petiole 4–9 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 10–20 mm, adaxial surface hirsute.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

15–40 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

5–8 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–5 mm.

2–6 mm.

2–5 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.

12–18 mm;

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

corolla deep pink to magenta, drying purplish, banner spot white becoming magenta, lower keel margins densely ciliate from middle to near claw.

3–4 cm, silky.

2–4 cm, coarsely hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

3–6.