Flora of North America species comparison

angled to narrowly winged, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 1–10 dm.

angled, erect to sprawling, basally branched 0–3 times, 1–4 dm.

3–15 cm;

tendrils usually well developed, branched or unbranched;

stipules sagittate-ovate, 7–35 × 7–30 mm, as large as basal leaflets;

leaflets 6–12, usually scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 15–55 × 5–35 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or pubescent abaxially.

2–7 cm;

tendrils absent or mucronate;

stipules lanceolate, 7–12 × 2–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 8–16, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 5–15 × 3–10 mm, surfaces villous.

4–9-flowered, 4–15 cm.

1- or 2-flowered, 0.5–3 cm.

12–29 mm;

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

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

ovary eglandular and glandular-pubescent.

8–12 mm;

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

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

ovary densely pubescent.

35–65 × 6–12 mm.

15–20 × 4–5 mm.

= 14.