Flora of North America species comparison

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

sprawling or ascending, clustered, branched.

cauline, often crowded near base;

stipules well developed;

petiole 1–9 cm;

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

basal;

stipules conspicuous, 20–30 mm;

petiole 3.5–9.5 cm;

leaflet 1, blades 150–270 × 12–33 mm, surfaces sericeous or abaxially thinly pubescent.

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

flowers spirally arranged.

11–25 cm;

flowers whorled or spirally arranged.

0–3.5 cm;

bracts persistent, straight, 2–5 mm.

7–9 cm;

bracts deciduous, 6–15 mm.

1–3.5 mm.

2–4 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.

10–14 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe entire, 10–11 mm, adaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm;

corolla lilac to reddish purple or pink, banner spot maroon, glabrous.

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

(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous.

persistent, disclike, sessile.

deciduous, petiolate.

2, wrinkled or ridged.

2–4.

= 52.