Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, (30–)60–100 cm, slightly glaucous or not.

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

basal and proximal cauline 20–165 × 12–50 mm, blade ovate to lanceolate, base tapered, margins finely to coarsely dentate, apex obtuse to acute;

cauline 4–7 pairs, sessile or proximals short-petiolate, 45–90 × 22–76 mm, blade ovate to triangular, base tapered or sessile on proximals, auriculate-clasping to connate-perfoliate on distal ones, margins finely to coarsely dentate, apex acute.

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 or continuous, secund, (6–)12–48 cm, axis glabrous, verticillasters 4–13, cymes 1–3(–6)-flowered;

proximal bracts ovate (connate-perfoliate) or lanceolate (auriculate-clasping), (9–)16–55 × 10–60 mm;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous or 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, 3–5.5 × 2–3.2 mm, glabrous or glandular-pubescent;

corolla rose pink, with reddish purple nectar guides, strongly bilabiate, ventricose, (18–)25–34 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, glandular-pubescent internally, tube 6–9 mm, length 1.6–2 times calyx lobes, throat gradually inflated, ± constricted at orifice, 7–10 mm diam., rounded abaxially;

stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, filaments of shorter pair glandular-puberulent proximally, pollen sacs explanate, 1.5–2 mm, sutures smooth;

staminode 11–17 mm, included, 0.2–0.4 mm diam., tip straight to recurved, glabrous or distal 1–2 mm sparsely to moderately lanate, hairs yellow, to 1 mm;

style 20–25 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.

7–12 × 4–6 mm, glabrous.

8–10 × 5–7 mm.

= 16.