Flora of North America species comparison

angled, sprawling or climbing, sometimes branched at flowering nodes, 2–6 dm.

narrowly winged, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–2 times, 2–6 dm.

5–9 cm;

tendrils usually well developed;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 8–12 × 1–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 4–8, scattered, blades usually linear, rarely lanceolate, 30–80 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous.

14–18 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate, 10–20 × 1–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 14–18, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 30–50 × 10–20 mm, surfaces pubescent with eglandular trichomes, glandular-pubescent abaxially.

5–8-flowered, 10–18 cm.

7–12-flowered, 10–16 cm.

8–15 mm;

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

corolla white to blue-orchid, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

10–14 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, longer than tube;

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

ovary densely glandular-pubescent.

30–50 × 4–8 mm.

30–50 × 6–8 mm.

= 14.

= 14.