General:
Tiny annual herb from a taproot; stems spreading to ascending, glabrous or hairy, to 20 cm long/tall.

Leaves:
Alternate, pinnately compound; leaflets 4-6, lanceolate to narrowly egg-shaped, rounded but abruptly sharp-pointed at the tip, 3-15 mm long; tendrils short and unbranched or lacking; stipules small, mostly entire.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of 1 or 2 pea-like flowers on very short stalks in the axils of upper leaves; corollas lavender or dull blue fading to white, 5-7 mm long; calyx-teeth awl-shaped, about as long as the tube.

Fruits:
Pods, 1.5-3 cm long, oblong, somewhat flattened, glabrous; seeds 8 to 12.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia