Flora of North America species comparison

short and tufted or erect, branched from base or near middle.

cauline, often crowded near base;

stipules well developed;

petiole 1–9 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades 10–40 × 5–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous.

8–12-flowered, 2–11 cm, shorter than or slightly exceeding foliage;

flowers spirally arranged.

0–3.5 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–5 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

5–12 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe cleft, 2.5–4 mm;

corolla vivid blue, sometimes paler or white, sometimes bicolored, banner spot white or yellowish, keel glabrous.

1.5 cm, constricted between seeds, thinly pilose to coarsely hirsute.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

2, wrinkled or ridged.