Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending.

erect to ascending.

blades narrowly oblong to widely lanceolate, margins entire, rarely serrate.

blades ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, base cuneate to subcordate, margins shallowly and coarsely serrate.

finely hairy to shaggy, usually finely glandular;

whorls 2–5 on main axis, fewer on lateral branches;

nodes (2 or)3–7-flowered;

flowers crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 5–6 mm.

± glandular, scaly-hairy;

nodes 1–6(–8)-flowered;

flowers not crowded proximally, often 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, glabrate adaxially.

calyx lobes oblong to lanceolate, surpassing capsule, apex subacute to acute;

corolla tinged bluish, distally violet to magenta, banner purple-dotted near base, 11–15 mm, banner usually sparsely hairy, keel usually sparsely hairy at tip;

banner length 0.7–0.9 times wings, lobe base without folds, tube longer than diam., hairy inside, lobes obovate, notched;

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

calyx lobes deltate, surpassing capsule, apex acute to acuminate;

corolla blue, banner white to pale lilac, base yellow with small maroon spots, wings and keel bluish, 8–15 mm, keel sparsely glandular;

banner length (0.7–)0.8–1 times wings, lobe base without folds;

wings widely obovate, notched less than 0.1 times whole length;

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

stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or sparsely hairy at base, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0.

without red blotches.

8–16, round to oval, flattened, 1.5–2 mm, margins slightly thickened, inrolled.

2–4, oblong to oval, 2–3 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

= 14.

= 14.