Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or erect, 50–120 cm, glaucous.

20–40 cm, glabrous or glabrate.

basal and proximal cauline 45–80(–100) × 15–30(–40) mm, blade obovate to ovate, oblanceolate, or lanceolate, base tapered, margins coarsely dentate, apex obtuse to acute;

cauline 6–9 pairs, sessile or proximals short-petiolate, 50–100 × (8–)20–45 mm, blade ovate to lanceolate, base cordate-clasping or tapered, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute, sometimes obtuse.

10–20 pairs, 5–32 × 0.3–2 mm, blade base tapered, margins glabrous or scabrous, apex acuminate to mucronate.

interrupted, secund, 30–80 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent distally, verticillasters 9–19, cymes 1–5-flowered;

proximal bracts lanceolate, 10–55 × 2–30 mm;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent.

2–15(–23) cm, verticillasters (2–)5–10(–30), cymes 1- or 2-flowered;

proximal bracts linear, 3–22 × 0.2–1 mm;

peduncles and pedicels glabrous or scabrous.

calyx lobes ovate, 4.2–6 × 2–3 mm, glandular-pubescent;

corolla lavender to light pink, rose pink, or light yellow, with reddish nectar guides, strongly bilabiate, ventricose, 21–32 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, glandular-pubescent internally, tube 6–12 mm, length 2–2.2 times calyx lobes, throat gradually to abruptly inflated, constricted or slightly so at orifice, 6–16 mm diam., rounded abaxially;

stamens included, filaments glabrous, pollen sacs explanate, 1.4–1.8 mm, sutures smooth;

staminode 16–19 mm, included, 0.7–0.9 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous;

style 15–20 mm, glabrous.

calyx lobes ovate, 1–2.7 × 0.9–1.5 mm;

corolla lavender to violet, lined internally abaxially with reddish purple nectar guides, funnelform, 8–14 mm, glandular-pubescent internally in 2 lines on abaxial surface, sometimes also in sinuses of adaxial lobes, tube (1.5–)2–3 mm, throat 3–5 mm diam.;

stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice or barely exserted, pollen sacs 0.4–0.5 mm;

staminode 5–6 mm;

style 7–9 mm.

8–13 × 4–7 mm, glabrous.

(4–)5–8 × 3–4 mm.

= 16.

= 16.