Flora of North America species comparison

inconspicuous (often very short and knobby), slender, usually unbranched.

thickened, fleshy.

numerous, appressed;

blade broadly ovate, 7–12 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse, surfaces glandular-pubescent.

spikelike racemes, pallid creamy or yellow, purplish tinged, simple, sometimes branched, densely glandular-pubescent;

flowers numerous;

bracts erect to spreading, narrowly lanceolate-ovate, 10–12(–19) mm, apex acute, glandular-pubescent.

0–10(–12) mm, much shorter than plant axis;

bracteoles 2.

calyx white or pinkish, or purple tinged, often pallid, radially or weakly bilaterally symmetric, 7–18 mm, deeply divided into 5 lobes, lobes subulate to attenuate, densely glandular-pubescent;

corolla 15–25 mm, tube white to pallid, yellow, or buff, slightly constricted above ovary, straight to curved forward, glandular-pubescent;

palatal folds prominent, yellow, glabrous;

lips externally white to pallid, yellow, or buff, sometimes slightly reddish tinged distally, internally maroon or reddish purple, sometimes with maroon or reddish purple stripes, veins, or blotches, abaxial lip erect to spreading or recurved, 4–8 mm, lobes narrowly ovate to oblong, apex rounded, blunt, retuse, or erosulate, adaxial lip erect to ± spreading, 4–8 mm, lobes oblong or oblong-ovate, apex rounded, truncate, retuse, or erosulate;

filaments sparsely pilose at base, sometimes glandular hairs present near connective, anthers included, moderately woolly or glabrous.

oblong-ovoid, 7–12 mm.

0.3–0.5 mm.