Flora of North America species comparison

simple or with 1–6 decumbent to ascending branches proximally, (2–)4–15(–30) cm, glabrous proximally, retrorsely short-strigose distally.

puberulent;

proximal cauline: blade linear, 5–30 mm;

cauline: blade ± ovate to obovate, 5–30 mm, base sessile, margins pinnatifid, rarely bipinnatifid, lateral lobes 2–8, threadlike.

0.3–1 mm, glabrous.

calyx (3–)5–7 mm, puberulent, tube 2–3 mm, lobes triangular to narrowly lanceolate, (1.5–)2–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm;

corolla dark purple, rarely yellow, 4–7 mm, glabrate, beak dark purple, hooked, abaxial lobes spreading, 0.5–1 mm, throat not abruptly indented, not forming a fold under abaxial corolla lip, adaxial lobes projecting;

stamens included, pollen sac yellow, 0.7–0.8 mm, glabrous, dehiscing longitudinally;

style 2.5–5 mm, glabrous;

stigma filiform or subcapitate.

3.5–5 × 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous.

10–30, ovoid to ellipsoid, 0.7–1.2 mm.

racemes interrupted, open distally, (1.5–)2.5–15 cm;

peduncle absent;

bracts pinnatifid, rarely bipinnatifid, ± obovate, 5–19 mm, lateral lobes 2–6(–10), threadlike.

= 22.