Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, 30–60 cm, glaucous.

ascending to erect, 13–40 cm, glabrous, glaucous.

basal and proximal cauline 26–56 × 7–15 mm, blade lanceolate to elliptic, base tapered, margins coarsely dentate or serrate, apex obtuse to acute;

cauline 4–7 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 30–55 × 5–32 mm, blade ovate to lanceolate, base tapered or auriculate-clasping to connate-perfoliate on distal leaves, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute to acuminate.

persistent, 3–5 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 15–80 × (5–)11–28 mm, blade elliptic to ovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, base tapered to clasping, margins entire or irregularly serrate to serrulate, apex rounded to obtuse or acute, glabrous, glaucous.

interrupted, secund, 8–30 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent distally, verticillasters 3–10, cymes 1–3-flowered;

proximal bracts ovate to triangular, 12–35 × 8–32 mm;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent.

continuous, secund, 7–13 cm, axis glabrous, verticillasters 6–8, cymes 1- or 2-flowered;

proximal bracts ovate, 7–28 × 3–17 mm;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous.

calyx lobes ovate to elliptic, 3.5–5.5 × 2.5–3.8 mm, glandular-pubescent;

corolla pink to rose pink, with reddish purple nectar guides, strongly bilabiate, ventricose, 23–27 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, glandular-pubescent internally, also usually moderately white-lanate abaxially, tube 6–10 mm, length 1.6–2 times calyx lobes, throat abruptly inflated, ± constricted at orifice, 9–12 mm diam., rounded abaxially;

stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, filaments of shorter pair glandular-puberulent proximally, pollen sacs explanate, 1.3–1.6 mm, sutures smooth;

staminode 16–18 mm, exserted, 0.4–0.6(–1) mm diam., tip straight, glabrous or distal 2–4 mm moderately lanate, hairs yellow, to 1 mm;

style 17–22 mm, glabrous.

calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 5–7.5 × 2.2–3.5 mm, glabrous or inconspicuously glandular proximally;

corolla lilac to purple, essentially unlined internally but abaxial ridges usually lilac or white, not personate, funnelform, 33–38 mm, glabrous externally, sparsely to densely white-lanate internally abaxially, tube 6–8 mm, throat 7–10 mm diam.;

stamens included, pollen sacs 1.2–1.6 mm;

staminode 7–13 mm, essentially terete distally, 0.1 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous;

style 20–26 mm.

9–12 × 6–7 mm, glabrous.

8–10 × 5–7 mm.

= 16.

= 16.