UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves few, alternate, with slender petioles 1-3 cm. long;

leaf blades lanceolate to elliptic, 2-7 cm. long and 5-20 mm. broad, entire to denticulate.

Inflorescence a few-flowered, loose raceme;

buds nodding;

calyx tube 1-3 mm. long, scaly and white-hairy at the base of the stamens;

calyx lobes 4, distinct;

corolla slightly irregular, rose-purple and often purple-dotted, the petals 5-10 mm. long and 3-6 mm. broad, with a narrow, rhomboidal blade 2-4 times the length of the broad, often basally toothed claw;

fertile stamens 8;

style 4-parted, stigmas 4, oval, 0.5 mm. long, white to purple;

ovary inferior, 4-celled.

Capsule 4-celled, 1.5-3 cm. long, short-beaked.