Flora of North America species comparison

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

not winged, erect or sprawling, basally branched 1–several times, 1–8 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.

phyllodic;

tendrils absent;

stipules filiform-linear, 1–2 × 1 mm, much smaller than phyllode, base semisaggitate;

leaflets 0;

phyllodes flattened, linear, and grasslike, 80–140 × 4–10 mm, glabrous.

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

1- or 2-flowered, 6–10 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.

8–10 mm;

calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes deltate, equal to tube;

corolla crimson, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous or pubescent.

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

30–60 × 2–4 mm.

= 14.