Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending or decumbent.

erect to ascending.

blades lanceolate-oblong to oblong, 1–4 cm, margins crenate.

blades oblong to lanceolate, margins entire or weakly serrate.

sparsely and obscurely glandular or shaggy-hairy or densely glandular;

whorls (1 or)2–7 on main axis, sometimes fewer on branches;

nodes (2 or)3–6-flowered;

flowers crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 3–5(+) mm.

glabrous or glandular to scaly-hairy;

nodes 1–6(–8)-flowered;

flowers not crowded proximally, sometimes crowded distally;

distalmost bracts linear, 5–6(+) mm.

ascending to spreading, shorter than calyx, not or scarcely visible.

ascending to reflexed, usually longer than calyx, visible, glandular abaxially and adaxially.

calyx lobes oblong to ovate, equal to capsule, apex rounded;

corolla whitish to pinkish, banner lobes and wings rarely purple-tipped and/or with purple spots at base, 8–20 mm, glabrous or glandular;

banner length 0.5–0.9+ times wings, lobe base without folds, tube longer than diam., hairy inside;

banner lobes ± oblong, toothed, backs often touching or parallel, wings ± oblong to obovate, entire or notched;

stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or hairy, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0(or 1).

calyx lobes deltate, surpassing capsule, apex acuminate;

corolla violet, banner pale violet to white, base yellow with dark orange spot, wings and keel violet, 10–15 mm, keel glabrous or sparsely glandular;

banner length 0.6–0.7(–0.8) times wings, lobe base without folds;

wings narrowly obcordate, notched 0.2 times whole length;

throat slightly angled to tube, longer than diam., pouch arched, slightly expanded;

stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0.

without red blotches.

8–16, oblong to ovate, sometimes prismatic or hourglass-shaped, 0.8–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

6–12, oblong to oval, 1–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

= 14.