Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, 10–140(–170) mm, densely glandular-puberulent.

erect, 10–100 mm, glandular-puberulent to glandular-pubescent.

basal densely clustered;

petiole absent;

blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)8–45(–60) × (1–)3–12(–20) mm, margins entire, sometimes toothed, plane, not ciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glandular-puberulent.

mostly cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent, larger with petiole-like extension;

blade narrowly to broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, (4–)8–39 × (2–)4–23 mm, margins entire or crenate, plane, proximal 1/2 usually ciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glandular-pubescent.

1–3(–5) mm in fruit.

1.5–4 mm in fruit, not twisting to invert calyx.

1 per node, chasmogamous.

2 per node, or 1 or 2 per node on 1 plant, chasmogamous.

usually glandular-puberulent.

pubescent distally.

tricolored, limb and throat magenta to purple, each lobe with a discrete, dark maroon-purple blotch at base, all 3 blotches of abaxial lip round and not usually extending into throat, palate ridges yellow, flanked with white, sometimes purple-spotted, tube-throat (13–)15–50 mm, limb 7–21 mm diam., bilabiate, lobes equal.

throat magenta, golden yellow at base, limb magenta, palate ridges golden yellow, purple-speckled, tube-throat 12–19 mm, limb 5–11 mm diam., bilabiate, abaxial lip smaller than adaxial.

slightly asymmetrically attached to pedicel, not inflated in fruit, (6–)11–23 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, lobes subequal, apex obtuse, ribs often purplish proximally, intercostal areas whitish.

distinctly asymmetrically attached to pedicel, inflated in fruit, 8–13 mm, glandular-pubescent, lobes subequal, apex obtuse, ribs green, intercostal areas pale green to whitish.

(2–)3–8(–10) mm, indehiscent.

(5–)6–11 mm, indehiscent.

included, with apical tufts of short, eglandular hairs.

(distal pair) nearly exserted, glabrous.

nearly exserted, lobes subequal.

exserted, lobes unequal, abaxial 3–4 times adaxial.

= 18.