Flora of North America species comparison

angled, sprawling to erect, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–8 dm.

angled to narrowly winged, sprawling, often branched mid stem (at or just proximal to flowering nodes), 3–10 dm.

3–8 cm;

tendrils well developed, often branched;

stipules lanceolate, 8–12 × 2–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6–10, usually paired, blades ovate, 20–40 × 10–20 mm, surfaces glabrous.

6–10 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 10–20 × 1–8 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 8–12, usually paired, sometimes scattered, ovate to lanceolate, 20–45 × 15–25 mm, glabrous.

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

7–15-flowered, 5–15 cm.

15–20 mm;

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

corolla white to slightly pink or lavender, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

12–14 mm;

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

corolla cream-white, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

40–70 × 4–9 mm.

= 14.