Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending.

erect to ascending or decumbent.

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

blades lanceolate-oblong to oblong, 1–4 cm, margins crenate.

± glandular, scaly-hairy;

nodes 1–6(–8)-flowered;

flowers not crowded proximally, often crowded distally;

distalmost bracts linear, 5–6(+) mm.

sparsely and obscurely glandular or shaggy-hairy or densely glandular;

whorls (1 or)2–7 on main axis, sometimes fewer on branches;

nodes (2 or)3–6-flowered;

flowers crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 3–5(+) mm.

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

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

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.

calyx lobes oblong to ovate, equal to capsule, apex rounded;

corolla whitish to pinkish, banner lobes and wings rarely purple-tipped and/or with purple spots at base, 8–20 mm, glabrous or glandular;

banner length 0.5–0.9+ times wings, lobe base without folds, tube longer than diam., hairy inside;

banner lobes ± oblong, toothed, backs often touching or parallel, wings ± oblong to obovate, entire or notched;

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

without red blotches.

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

8–16, oblong to ovate, sometimes prismatic or hourglass-shaped, 0.8–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

= 14.