UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves in rosettes at the end of the branches, oblong-oblanceolate, 5-20 mm. long and 2-5 mm. broad, usually with a few teeth, glabrous or with hairs on the margins.

Leaves in rosettes at the end of the branches, linear to oblanceolate, 1-3 cm. long and 1.5-4 mm. broad, entire to serrate.

Flowers in umbels on leafless, stellate-pubescent peduncles 2-7 cm. long;

umbels tightly 2- to 10-flowered, the pedicels 2-15 mm. long; subtended by an involucre of 4-8 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-8 mm. long bracts;

calyx united its length, 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes lanceolate, acute;

corolla deep pinkish-rose, the tube 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes oblong-obovate, rounded, 4-5 mm. long;

stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes, attached above mid-length on the corolla.

Flowers in umbels on peduncles 1-7 cm. long;

umbels 2- to 8-flowered, the pedicels 3-40 mm. long, subtended by an involucre of 4-10 lanceolate bracts 3-8 mm. long;

calyx united its length, 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes deltoid, acuminate;

corolla bright red to magenta-purple, the tube equaling the calyx, the 5 lobes ovate and wedge-shaped, rounded, 4-5 mm. long;

stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes, attached above mid-length on the corolla.

Capsule opening by 5 valves.

Capsule opening by 5 valves