Flora of North America species comparison

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

blade surfaces often pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

5–20-flowered, 5–25 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.

16–25 mm;

lateral calyx lobes deltate, shorter than tube;

corolla deep wine red, banner reflexed toward calyx tube, blade much longer than claw.

40–60 × 4–7 mm.

= 14.