Flora of North America species comparison

several, straggling to erect, freely branched, 2–7 cm, pilose and glandular, sparsely so proximally.

usually simple proximal to inflorescence, 30–50(–70) cm, puberulent and shortly stipitate-glandular, especially distally.

basal leaves withered at time of flowering, distal sessile, proximal petiolate, largest on mid to distal stem;

blade subrotund to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 3–10 cm × 20–70 mm, base cuneate into petiole, apex short-acuminate, sparsely short-pilose.

2 per node, gradually reduced distally;

basal petiolate, blade oblanceolate, spatulate, 5–9 cm × 7–15 mm (including petiole), apex acute to obtuse, usually glabrous adaxially, sparsely pubescent abaxially;

cauline in 4–6 pairs, blade linear-lanceolate, 1–6(–8) cm × 2–6 mm, puberulent and shortly stipitate-glandular.

cymose, open, few-flowered, leafy, bracteate;

bracts resembling distal leaves.

thyrsate, 3–25-flowered, open, bracteate, pedunculate, stipitate-glandular, viscid;

bracts narrowly lanceolate, 2–25 mm, apex acuminate.

1–3(–4) cm, viscid, with long septate-glandular hairs.

ascending.

calyx indistinctly veined, tubular, broadened distally, constricted towards base around carpophore, ± umbilicate, 20–25 × 5–8 mm, herbaceous, glandular-pilose, lobes triangular, 3–4 mm, margins narrow, membranous, ciliate;

corolla scarlet, clawed, claw equaling calyx, limb deeply 2-lobed, 10–15 mm, lobes lanceolate, sometimes with 2 smaller lateral teeth, ciliate, appendages saccate, 1–1.5 mm, with clear area abaxially;

stamens shortly exserted;

styles 3, shortly exserted.

calyx prominently 10-veined, narrowly campanulate, umbilicate, somewhat clavate and constricted below middle around carpophore, 9–15 × 3–4 mm in flower, broadening to 7 mm in fruit, membranous, shortly stipitate-glandular, veins parallel, slender, tinged dark red, with pale commissures, lobes ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 2–3 mm, margins scarious;

corolla creamy white, sometimes pink tinged, clawed, claw equaling calyx, glabrous, broadening only slightly into limb 3–8 mm, limb with 4–6 linear lobes, some splitting to 10 linear segments, appendages 4–6, linear, 1–1.5 mm, apex acute;

stamens ca. equaling petals;

filaments glabrous;

stigmas 3(–5), ca. equaling petals.

narrowly ellipsoid, not distending calyx, included within it, opening by 6 teeth;

carpophore 6–8 mm.

ellipsoid, slightly longer than calyx, opening by 6 (or 8 or 10) very brittle teeth;

carpophore 2–4 mm.

gray, broadly reniform, plump, ca. 1 mm, shallowly papillate.

brown, ± reniform, angular, glossy, shallowly tuberculate.

= 48.

= 48.