Flora of North America species comparison

erect.

decumbent.

blades linear, length usually 6+ times width, margins entire.

blades lanceolate to ovate, margins crenate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial subglabrous or finely gray-hairy.

densely glandular;

nodes (1–)3–6-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 0–2 mm.

sparsely and finely glandular;

whorl 1 per branch;

nodes (1–)3–10-flowered;

flowers crowded;

distalmost bracts ovate, 5–9 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 0.9–1 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 ovate, surpassing capsule, apex rounded;

corolla usually whitish, 14–22 mm, wings sparsely and finely glandular, not hairy;

banner length 0.1–0.3(–0.4) times wings, lobe base without folds, reflexed portion 1 mm, shorter than basal portion, brownish, not red-banded;

stamens: filaments hairy, basal spur 0.

2, ovate to oblong, sometimes compressed, 2–3 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

8–16, oblong to oval, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

= 42.

= 14.