Flora of North America species comparison

erect, 50–120 cm, glaucous.

ascending to erect, 40–100 cm, glabrous or retrorsely hairy, not glaucous.

basal and proximal cauline 25–100 × (5–)10–35 mm, blade oblanceolate, base tapered, margins coarsely dentate, apex obtuse to acute;

cauline 3–5 pairs, sessile, 25–65 × 12–25 mm, blade lanceolate, base sessile, clasping or distal ones connate-perfoliate, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute.

glabrous or retrorsely hairy, not glaucous;

basal and proximal cauline 50–100(–200) × 15–28(–50) mm, blade obovate to elliptic, base tapered, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute;

cauline 3–5 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 24–90(–145) × 8–28 mm, blade ovate or lanceolate, proximals sometimes oblanceolate, base tapered to cordate-clasping, apex acute, rarely obtuse.

interrupted, secund, 20–60 cm, axis glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-pubescent distally, verticillasters 10–16, cymes 2- or 3-flowered;

proximal bracts lanceolate, 15–60 × 4–22 mm;

peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent.

secund, (9–)25–45 cm, axis glabrous or retrorsely hairy, verticillasters 4–12, cymes 1- or 2(–4)-flowered;

proximal bracts lanceolate, 6–49 × 1–8 mm;

peduncles and pedicels erect, sometimes ascending, glabrous or sparsely puberulent.

calyx lobes ovate, 4–5.5 × 2–2.7 mm, glandular-pubescent;

corolla pink to rose pink, with reddish nectar guides, strongly bilabiate, ventricose to ventricose-ampliate, (27–)30–35 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, sparsely white-lanate internally abaxially, not glandular-pubescent, tube 7–10 mm, length 1.8–2 times calyx lobes, throat gradually inflated, not constricted at orifice, 10–16 mm diam., rounded abaxially;

stamens included or longer pair exserted, filaments glabrous, pollen sacs navicular, 1.2–1.5 mm, sutures smooth;

staminode 22–24 mm, exserted, 0.4–0.6 mm diam., tip recurved, distal 6–7 mm pilose, hairs yellow or golden yellow, to 2 mm;

style 18–24 mm, glabrous.

calyx lobes ovate, (2.5–)3–5(–6) × 1.8–3 mm, margins erose, rarely entire, glabrous;

corolla red to scarlet, essentially without nectar guides, nearly radially symmetric, weakly bilabiate, tubular, 24–30(–33) mm, glabrous internally, tube 6–10 mm, throat 5–7(–9) mm diam., not constricted at orifice, rounded abaxially, abaxial lobes projecting to barely spreading, adaxial lobes projecting to barely spreading;

stamens included, reaching orifice, or exserted, pollen sacs parallel, proximal 1/4–1/2 indehiscent, (1.4–)1.8–2.4(–2.8) mm, sides glabrous or obscurely hispidulous with tan enations less than 0.1 mm, sutures papillate or denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm;

staminode 14–17 mm, included, tip straight, glabrous or distal 1–4 mm sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs yellow, to 1 mm;

style 23–27 mm, usually exserted.

7–11 × 4–6 mm, glabrous.

10–14 × 4–8 mm.