Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending.

erect to ascending.

blades ± linear-lanceolate, obovate, or narrowly elliptic, margins subentire.

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

glabrous or sparsely and finely glandular;

proximal nodes 1-flowered, distals 3–5(–7)-flowered;

flowers not crowded proximally, sometimes crowded distally;

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 reflexed, longer than calyx, visible.

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

calyx lobes ± deltate, equal to capsule, apex sharply acute to acuminate;

corolla blue, banner whitish or blue-tipped, 4–8 mm, glabrous;

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

banner lobes and wings blue, sometimes purplish, oblong, 1(–3) mm wide;

throat barely angled to tube, tube and throat white, narrowed to lips, pouch angular, ± hidden by calyx;

stamens: filaments glabrous, basal spur 0.

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.

(3 or)4, oblong, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

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

= 14, 28, 42.

= 14.