Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

acaulescent or prostrate to ± erect, unbranched or branched.

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.

usually basal, sometimes cauline present;

stipules 3–25 mm;

petiole 2–13 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 5–40 × 3–7 mm, surfaces pubescent.

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

dense, 3–20 cm, not exceeding to exserted beyond leaves;

flowers whorled, usually crowded.

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

2–13 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 4–15 mm.

2–6 mm.

0.4–3 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.

6–13 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 4–7 mm, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 3–7 mm;

corolla pink, violet, or blue, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate.

3–4 cm, silky.

1–2 cm, hairy.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

2–6, ± mottled tan or green to brown, 2–4 mm.