Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, 30–120 cm, glaucous.

ascending to erect, 26–45 cm, glabrous, glaucous.

glabrous, glaucous;

cauline 5–11 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 40–100 × 10–40 mm, blade ovate to lanceolate, base tapered to auriculate-clasping, margins entire, apex rounded to acute.

basal and cauline, ± leathery or not, glabrous, glaucous;

basal and proximal cauline 15–60 × 7–13 mm, blade spatulate to elliptic, base tapered, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse or acute;

cauline 2–4 pairs, sessile or proximals short-petiolate, 26–55 × 7–14 mm, blade oblanceolate to oblong or lanceolate, base truncate to clasping, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute.

interrupted, secund to ± cylindric, 15–60(–100) cm, axis glabrous or obscurely scabrous, verticillasters 8–18(–22), cymes 1–5(–11)-flowered;

proximal bracts ovate to lanceolate, (3–)7–25(–87) × (1–)3–14(–30) mm;

peduncles and pedicels erect, glabrous or obscurely scabrous.

interrupted, cylindric, 8–22 cm, axis glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 2–8, cymes 3–6-flowered, 2 per node;

proximal bracts lanceolate, 16–40 × 2–14 mm, margins entire;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, pedicels glandular-pubescent, sometimes peduncles glabrous.

calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 3–6 × 2–3 mm, margins erose, glabrous;

corolla scarlet, without nectar guides, nearly radially symmetric, weakly bilabiate, salverform, 25–33 mm, glabrous externally, glabrous internally, tube 8–10 mm, throat slightly inflated, 4.5–6 mm diam., rounded abaxially;

stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, pollen sacs explanate, 0.9–1.2 mm, sutures smooth;

staminode 13–14 mm, terete to slightly flattened distally, 0.1–0.3 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous;

style 18–27 mm, exserted.

calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 2.4–5.5 × 1–2 mm, glandular-pubescent;

corolla violet, without nectar guides, tubular-funnelform, 12–15 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, moderately yellow-pilose internally abaxially, tube 3–4 mm, throat slightly inflated, 3.5–5 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially;

stamens included, pollen sacs opposite, navicular, 0.7–1 mm, dehiscing completely, connective splitting, sides glabrous, sutures papillate;

staminode 6–8 mm, included, 0.3–0.5 mm diam., tip straight to slightly recurved, distal 1–2 mm densely pilose, hairs golden yellow, to 0.5 mm, or glabrous;

style 8–10 mm.

8–11 × 6–7 mm.

5–7 × 3–4 mm, glabrous.

= 16.