Flora of North America species comparison

angled, sprawling, basally branched 0–3 times, 4–30 dm.

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

5–8 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 10–20 × 2–8 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6–10, scattered, blades ovate to linear, 20–40 × 3–15 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent abaxially.

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.

6–10-flowered, 4–16 cm.

1- or 2-flowered, 6–10 cm.

25–30 mm;

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

corolla deep wine red, banner reflexed against calyx tube, blade much longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glandular-pubescent.

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.

50–80 × 5–9 mm.

30–60 × 2–4 mm.

= 14.

= 14.