Flora of North America species comparison

12–50 cm.

ascending to erect, 8–50 cm, retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed or white, scalelike.

cauline 5–15 pairs (distal ones much-reduced), 5–30(–46) × 4–15 mm, blade base tapered to acute to cuneate, margins sharply dentate, especially distally, or entire, apex obtuse to acute.

not leathery, glabrous, glabrate, or sparsely to densely retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed, sometimes appressed, white, scalelike;

cauline 6–12(–20) pairs, petiolate or sessile, 4–26 × 0.5–3.5 mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, base tapered to truncate, apex mucronate.

(2–)5–15(–40) cm, verticillasters (2 or)3–7(–12), cymes 1- or 2(or 3)-flowered;

proximal bracts elliptic to lanceolate, 2–5 × 1–3 mm;

peduncles and pedicels glandular-pubescent.

continuous or interrupted, ± secund, 3–17 cm, axis glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 3–9(–12), cymes 1 or 2(or 3)-flowered, 1(or 2) per node;

proximal bracts lanceolate to linear, 6–25 × 0.7–1 mm;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed, and sparsely glandular-pubescent.

calyx lobes elliptic to ovate, 3.5–5 × 1.5–2.2 mm;

corolla unlined internally, 22–27 mm, glandular-pubescent internally, tube 4–5 mm, throat 6–7 mm diam.;

pollen sacs 1.2–1.5 mm;

staminode 16–19 mm;

style 18–25 mm.

calyx lobes ovate, rarely lanceolate, 4–7(–9) × 2–3 mm, broadly scarious-margined, apex acute to acuminate, glandular-pubescent, hairs pointed;

corolla blue or lavender, lined internally abaxially with reddish purple nectar guides, ventricose-ampliate, 16–20 mm, moderately white- or yellowish villous internally abaxially, tube 5–6 mm, throat abruptly inflated, 5.5–8 mm diam., slightly 2-ridged abaxially;

stamens: longer pair reaching orifice or slightly exserted, filaments glabrous, pollen sacs opposite, navicular, 0.9–1.3 mm, sutures papillate;

staminode 6–8 mm, exserted, flattened distally, 0.3–0.5 mm diam., tip straight to recurved, distal 1–5 mm densely pilose, hairs yellow or golden yellow, to 1.2 mm, rest of distal 1–7 mm glabrous or sparsely to moderately pilose;

style 10–11 mm.

7–10 × 5–7 mm.

5–9 × 3.5–5 mm.