Flora of North America species comparison

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

angled, erect or sprawling, basally branched 1–3 times, 0.5–1 dm.

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.

0.5–1 cm;

tendrils absent or reduced to flattened bristles;

stipules linear, 4–5 × 1–2 mm, ca. 1/2 length of leaflets;

leaflets (3 or)4(or 5), paired, blades lanceolate, 6–12 × 2–3 mm, surfaces finely villous.

1- or 2-flowered, 0.5–3 cm.

1- or 2-flowered, 1 cm.

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.

7–8 mm;

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

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

ovary glabrous.

15–20 × 4–5 mm.

13–15 × 3–5 mm.

= 14.