Stems erect or weakly climbing, stems commonly with well-developed tendrils at the tips; leaves compound with long very narrow leaflets; flowers are white marked with purple or blue and turn orange as they age.
Erect or climbing stems that attach themselves to surrounding vegetation with grasping tendrils; 6 to 10 straight, very narrow leaflets, <1/4 inch wide per compound leaf; flowers are solitary, borne on shoots from axil, white to purple or blue.
Habitat
Found in pine forests.
Flower Characteristics
Less than 3/4 inch long; on long stems rising from leaf axils; styles (upward extension of the ovary) hairy along the inner edge.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Stems erect or weakly climbing; tendrils at the tips; 6 to 10 compound leaflets, with large stipules (leaf-like projections at the base of leaf stalk); leaflets 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long, rarely more than 1/4 inch wide.
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Smooth narrow and flat; 2-valved; 1/2 to 2-1/2 inches long.