Flora of North America species comparison

angled, erect, basally branched 0–2 times, 2–5 dm.

winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–10 dm.

2–4 cm;

tendrils simple or branched, sometimes prehensile;

stipules linear, 5–15 × 1–2 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6 or 8, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 15–45 × 4–10 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or puberulent abaxially.

0.5–2 cm, rachises winged as the stem;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate, 10–20 × 2–6 mm, sometimes as wide as leaflets;

leaflets 2, blades linear, 20–50 × 1–6 mm, surfaces glabrous.

2–4-flowered, 7–12 cm.

usually 1-flowered, 1–4 cm.

18–20 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube;

corolla blue-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel (held above keel);

ovary glabrous.

10–12 mm;

calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, 2–3 times longer than tube;

corolla reddish purple, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous, style rotated 90° from ovary axis.

40–50 × 8–10 mm, short-stipitate.

20–40 × 5–10 mm, broadly winged on abaxial suture.

= 14.

= 14.