Flora of North America species comparison

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

angled, erect or sprawling, basally branched 0–2 times, 1.5–3 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.

1–4 cm;

tendrils bristlelike, usually less than 1 cm;

stipules linear to lanceolate, 10–30 × 1–5 mm, nearly equal to leaflets;

leaflets 8–12, often paired, blades lanceolate to linear, 10–35 × 1–5 mm, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

2–4-flowered, 7–12 cm.

2–6-flowered, 4–11 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.

16–22 mm;

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

corolla usually violet to magenta, sometimes white, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings 4–5 mm longer than keel;

ovary glabrous.

40–50 × 8–10 mm, short-stipitate.

35–50 × 8–12 mm, stipitate.

= 14.