UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Mat leaves thick and firm, glaucous, glabrous or with short, spreading hairs, irregularly serrulate, the broadly elliptic or obovate blade 8-18 mm. long;

leaves of the flowering shoots opposite, few, less than 1 cm. long.

Mat leaves thick and firm, glabrous, entire or serrulate, short-petiolate, the blade 0.5-1.5 cm. long and 1 to 2.5 times as long as wide;

cauline leaves few and small, often bract-like, less than 1 cm. long.

Inflorescence a compact, few-flowered raceme, glandular-hairy;

calyx 6-11 mm. long, the 5 segments narrowly lance-elliptic to ovate-oblong;

corolla bright pink to rose-purple, 25-35 mm. long, keeled on the back, usually glabrous inside and out;

anthers long-woolly;

pollen sacs wholly dehiscent and opening wide enough to form a plane;

staminode slender, shorter that the fertile filaments, nearly glabrous.

Inflorescence a compact, few-flowered raceme, glandular-hairy;

calyx glabrous, 7-10 mm. long, the 5 segments thin and broadly lanceolate;

corolla blue-lavender to purple-violet, 2-3.5 cm. long, keeled along the back, glabrous outside, hairy near the base of the lower lip within;

anthers long-woolly, the pollen sacs opening wide enough to form a plane;

staminode (fertile stamen) slender, shorter than the 4 fertile filaments, long-bearded toward the tip.

Capsule

Capsule 8-10 mm. long