Flora of North America species comparison

narrowly to broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 2–10 dm.

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

1–6 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules ovate-lanceolate to linear, 5–25 × 1–10 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 4–8, paired, blades lanceolate to linear, 15–75 × 2–20 mm, surfaces glabrous, glabrate, or pubescent.

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.

2–7-flowered, 3–15 cm.

7–12-flowered, 10–16 cm.

10–15 mm;

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

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

ovary glandular-pubescent.

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.

25–60 × 4–8 mm.

30–50 × 6–8 mm.

= 14.

= 14.