Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or branched distally, hollow.

ascending or erect, branched or unbranched.

basal and cauline, green;

stipules 5–20 mm;

basal petioles 10–25 cm, cauline 1–4 cm;

leaflets 5–10, blades 30–80(–130) × 5–8 mm, adaxial surface strigose, hairs less than 1 mm.

cauline;

petiole 3–10 cm;

leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 4–11 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

5–28 cm, usually exceeding leaves;

flowers dense.

10–40 cm;

flowers whorled.

4–17 cm;

bracts persistent, 5–10 mm.

5–18 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–7.5 mm.

1–3 mm.

3–6 mm.

10–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla violet to dark blue, banner patch orange to red, banner usually glabrous abaxially, rarely hairy, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin densely ciliate.

8–12 mm;

calyx 5–7 mm, lobes ± equal, entire;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with a tooth near middle, ciliate from tooth to near apex, banner width equal to or greater than length.

1.5–2 cm, hairy to woolly.

3–5 cm, coarsely pubescent.

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

4–6, brown, mottled tan, 3–4 mm.

5–8.