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, 4–25 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.

5–15 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules narrowly lanceolate to linear, 10–25 × 2–6 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 8–12, scattered, blades lanceolate, 20–60 × 4–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

2–4-flowered, 7–12 cm.

5–15-flowered, 6–16 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.

14–17 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, equal to tube;

corolla pale pink to rose-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

40–50 × 8–10 mm, short-stipitate.

50–90 × 6–9 mm.

= 14.