Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending.

erect to ascending.

blades elliptic to ovate, length usually 2–5 times width, margins entire or serrate.

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

densely glandular;

nodes (1–)3–6-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 0–2 mm.

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.

ascending to spreading, sometimes reflexed, pendent and/or sigmoid in fruit, usually longer than calyx, visible.

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

calyx lobes lanceolate to ovate, equal to capsule, apex subacute to rounded;

corolla blue-violet to purple, banner white, cream, or pale lilac, 6–9 mm, sparsely glandular;

banner length 0.7–0.8(–0.9) times wings, lobe base with folds bulging 0.5 mm away from throat opening at base of each lobe, wings equal to keel;

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

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).

2, ovate to oblong, often curled toward attachment side, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

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

= 14.