Flora of North America species comparison

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

angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 1–3 times, 3–8 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.

6–9 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules ovate to lanceolate, 15–25 × 5–11 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leafets 6–10, scattered, blades lanceolate to linear or ovate, 20–80 × 2–35 mm, surfaces glabrous.

5–8-flowered, 10–18 cm.

4–13-flowered, 5–18 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.

12–20 mm;

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

corolla pale blue-lavender to purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings longer than keel, (by 1–4 mm);

ovary glabrous.

30–50 × 4–8 mm.

30–50 × 5–10 mm.

= 14.