Flora of North America species comparison

angled to narrowly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 2–20 dm.

angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, often branched mid stem 1–4 times, 2–6 dm.

4–14 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 5–25 × 1–10 mm, much smaller than leaflets (more than 1/4 width of distal leaflets);

leaflets 6–12, scattered, blades ovate to linear, 12–50 × 5–25 mm, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

2–6 cm;

tendrils absent to well developed, 0–3 cm, usually not branched;

stipules linear, 5–15 × 1–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 4–8, often paired, blades ovate, 15–30 × 5–20 mm, surfaces glabrous, or linear, 30–70 × 1–10 mm, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

5–20-flowered, 5–25 cm.

5–15-flowered, 2–7 cm.

12–25 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, linear-triangular, or lanceolate and wider distal to base, shorter to longer than tube;

corolla cream-white, rose, lavender, blue-purple, or deep wine red, banner erect or reflexed toward calyx tube, blade equal to or longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous or pubescent.

7–13 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes often linear-triangular, sometimes lanceolate, shorter than tube;

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

ovary glabrous.

40–60 × 4–7 mm.

40–60 × 4–7 mm.

= 14.