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 usually linear to oblong, margins entire.

densely glandular;

nodes (1–)3–6-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 0–2 mm.

glabrous or finely hairy, eglandular;

nodes 1- or 2(or 3)-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–4(+) mm.

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

ascending to spreading, usually longer than calyx, 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 narrowly triangular to lanceolate, surpassing capsule, apex sharply acute to acuminate;

corolla lavender to purple, rarely white, 5–20 mm, keel sparsely hairy near tip;

banner length 0.8–0.9 times wings, lobe base without folds;

banner lobes and wings oblong to obovate, entire or notched;

stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or sparsely long-hairy at base, adaxials sparsely spreading-hairy on proximal 1/2, basal spur 0.

with red blotches.

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

4–12, round, flattened, 2–3 mm, margins thin, not inrolled.