Flora of North America species comparison

climbing-twining, proximally lignescent, hirsute-strigose to strigose, hairs loosely appressed, retrorse.

procumbent, not twining, proximally lignescent, moderately strigose, hairs loosely appressed, retrorse.

3, blades elliptic to broadly elliptic or oblong-elliptic, (15–)20–42 × 10–25(–32) mm, herbaceous, veins raised or not on both surfaces, apex obtuse to rounded or shallowly retuse, surfaces not glaucous, sparsely strigose with closely appressed hairs to softly hirsute with ascending hairs abaxially, glabrous to sparsely strigose adaxially.

3, blades broadly oblong to oblong-obovate, oblong-elliptic, or suborbiculate, 11–35(–42) × 8–30(–35) mm, herbaceous, veins not raised, apex rounded to flat or shallowly retuse, surfaces blue-green glaucous and densely strigose abaxially, sparsely strigose adaxially with closely appressed hairs.

flowers solitary and axillary or 2–5 in reduced pseudoracemes;

axis 1–4(–40) mm.

flowers 5–8 in pseudoracemes;

axis 60–120 mm.

calyx 6 mm, loosely strigose to hirsute-strigose or hirsute;

corolla pink, rose, reddish, or purple-cream, 8–11 mm.

calyx 5–8 mm, hirsute to strigose-hirsute;

corolla pink to pink-red or light purple, 9–11 mm.

falcate, 30–60 × 4–6 mm, sparsely minutely strigulose, hairs closely appressed.

straight or slightly curved, 30–50 × 6–9 mm, densely strigose-sericeous.

(3–)6–10.

1–5.