Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, much branched, elongate, reddish at least basally, glandular-pubescent, rarely glabrous or viscid-pubescent.

ascending to semierect, slightly to moderately branched, elongate, glandular-pubescent to viscid.

petiole 1–4.5 cm;

blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, 1–5 × 0.5–3 cm, margins entire or ± repand and undulate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent.

petiole 0.5–4 cm;

blade ovate to elliptic, 2–5 × 1.5–3.5 cm, margins entire or occasionally ± repand and slightly undulate, surfaces glandular-puberulent.

peduncle longer than subtending petiole;

bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 × 1–5 mm, papery, puberulent to densely glandular-pubescent;

flowers 15–35.

peduncle longer than subtending petiole;

bracts ovate to elliptic, 7–13 × 4–6 mm, papery, glandular-pubescent;

flowers 20–75.

tube greenish to coral pink, 6–18 mm, limb white to pale pink, 5–8 mm diam.

tube pink to magenta, 18–32 mm, limb magenta, 8–10 mm diam.

winged, turbinate, 3–8 × 3–6 mm, coriaceous, apex broadly tapered to prominent beak;

wings (2–)5 (when 2, folded together) truncate distally with conspicuous dilations, cavities extending throughout.

broadly turbinate or cordate in profile, 8–15 × 6–12 mm, 0.7–2 times as long as wide, scarious, with a low, conic, inconspicuous beak at apex;

wings 5, often twisted, usually smooth, occasionally rugose, not reticulate veined at apex, without cavities.