Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, 32–100 cm, glabrous, slightly glaucous.

ascending to erect, 30–60 cm, glaucous.

glabrous, not glaucous;

basal and proximal cauline 40–80(–150) × 14–40(–60) mm, blade spatulate to obovate, oblanceolate, or elliptic, base tapered, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse;

cauline 3–7 pairs, sessile, (11–)20–135 × 9–50 mm, blade spatulate to elliptic, ovate, or subcordate, base truncate to broadly cordate-clasping, apex rounded to acute or mucronate.

cauline 6–12 pairs, sessile or short-petiolate, (12–)25–65 × 2–8 mm, blade lanceolate to linear, sometimes oblanceolate, base truncate or tapered, margins entire, rarely ± serrulate distally, apex obtuse to acute.

secund, (3–)6–44 cm, axis glabrous, verticillasters 3–15, cymes 2–4(–8)-flowered;

proximal bracts suborbiculate, ovate, or lanceolate, (4–)16–60 × (2–)5–45 mm;

peduncles and pedicels erect, glabrous.

interrupted, cylindric, 8–30 cm, axis glabrous, verticillasters 3–8, cymes 1–3-flowered;

proximal bracts lanceolate to linear, 9–28 × 2–5 mm;

peduncles and pedicels spreading to ascending, glabrous.

calyx lobes ovate, 1.6–6 × 1.4–3 mm, margins entire or erose, glabrous;

corolla red to crimson, with reddish violet nectar guides, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate, tubular, 22–30 mm, densely yellow-villous internally abaxially, tube 6–8 mm, throat 6–8 mm diam., constricted at orifice, rounded abaxially, abaxial lobes spreading to reflexed, adaxial lobes projecting to erect;

stamens included, pollen sacs divergent, 1.5–1.9 mm, sides glabrous, sutures denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm;

staminode 15–17 mm, included or slightly exserted, tip straight to recurved, distal 1–3 mm sparsely lanate, hairs yellow, to 1.5 mm;

style 18–28 mm, usually exserted.

calyx lobes depressed-ovate to round or ovate, 3.5–6.5 × 2.5–5 mm, glabrous;

corolla bluish lavender to lavender or light pink, with reddish purple nectar guides, strongly bilabiate, ventricose-ampliate, 22–28 mm, glabrous or glandular-pubescent externally, moderately to densely white-lanate internally abaxially, sometimes also sparsely to densely glandular-pubescent internally, tube 6–8 mm, length 1–1.5 times calyx lobes, throat abruptly inflated, constricted at orifice, 8–14 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially;

stamens included, filaments of shorter pair glandular-puberulent proximally, pollen sacs explanate to subexplanate, 1.6–2.2 mm, sutures smooth;

staminode 15–19 mm, exserted, 0.6–0.8 mm diam., tip recurved, distal 8–9 mm moderately pilose to lanate, hairs yellow, to 2.5 mm;

proximal 5–6 mm glandular-pubescent;

style 19–24 mm, glabrous.

10–15 × 5–9 mm.

9–13 × 5–7 mm, glabrous.

= 16.