Flora of North America species comparison

several, erect, simple proximal to inflorescence, 50–160 cm, glabrous to sparsely retrorse-puberulent proximally, more densely so and glandular distally.

erect, branched, leafy, 20–60 cm, villose-tomentose, viscid-glandular.

withered towards base at anthesis, in 10–20 pairs, sessile, gradually reduced distally;

blade 3-veined, lanceolate to ovate, rounded into base, 4–12 cm × 20–50 mm, apex acute, not acuminate, glabrous to scabrous-puberulent adaxially, scabrous-puberulent abaxially.

2 per node, connate proximally, sessile, largest in mid stem;

blade lanceolate, 3–7 cm × 5–15 mm, apex acute, glandular-tomentose throughout.

terminal, cymose, compound, many-flowered, bracteate, pedunculate, 15–25(–30) × 5–10 cm;

bracts lanceolate, 3–30 mm;

peduncle ascending.

open, leafy cymes, bracteate, viscid and glandular-tomentose, branches ascending, mostly floriferous, flowers terminal and at distal nodes;

bracts leaflike, 5–30 mm.

1–4 times longer than calyx, stipitate-glandular, puberulent.

shorter than calyx.

calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular in flower, 18–25 × 3–4 mm, swelling in middle to 6–9 mm in fruit, umbilicate, constricted near base around carpophore, glandular-pubescent, especially on veins, veins green, lobes 2–4 mm, midrib lanceolate, margins often red tinged, broad, membranous;

corolla scarlet, clawed, claw equaling calyx, limb oblong to elliptic, unlobed, rarely emarginate or shallowly 2-lobed, 10–20 × 5–6 mm, apex rounded, appendages 2, tubular, 2–4 mm;

stamens exserted;

styles 3(–5), exserted.

calyx obscurely 10-veined, tubular-campanulate, 10–15 × 4–5 mm in flower, becoming clavate and 15–20 × 6–8 mm in fruit, narrowed toward base around carpophore, herbaceous, viscid-pubescent, veins more distinct at base, without conspicuous pale commissures, lobes narrowly lanceolate, 3–6 mm, margins very narrow, membranous, apex blunt;

corolla greenish white, clawed, claw equaling calyx, widened distally, limb emarginate, 2 × 4 mm, appendages 4(–6), ca. 0.5 mm;

stamens equaling petals;

styles 3, equaling petals.

ovoid-ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, equaling calyx, opening by 6 (or 8 or 10) ascending teeth;

carpophore 3–5 mm.

ellipsoid, slightly longer than calyx, opening by 6 teeth;

carpophore 1.5–2.5 mm.

dark reddish brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, with smooth and glossy, flat or concave sides, margins angled, shallowly rugose.

yellowish brown, winged, reniform, ca. 2 mm, rugose;

wing broad, wrinkled.

= 48.

= 48.