Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect, simple or branched, 20–65 cm, glandular-pubescent.

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.

proximal forming rosette, blade oblanceolate, spatulate, 3–8(–12) cm × 5–13(–25) mm, apex ± obtuse, sparingly pubescent and glandular;

cauline reduced distally, blade lanceolate, 1–7 cm × 2–15 mm, apex ± acute, sparingly pubescent and glandular.

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

bracts resembling distal leaves.

dichasiate, open, bracteate;

bracts leaflike, to 15 mm.

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

ascending, 1–3(–5) cm, densely glandular-pubescent, viscid.

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 20–25-veined, ovate-conic, 8–12 mm, margins dentate, coarsely pubescent, glandular, lobes erect, narrowly lanceolate, 2–3 mm, margins membranous ca. 1/4 length of calyx;

corolla inconspicuous, cream, purple tinged adaxially, dull orange abaxially, equaling or slightly longer than calyx, limb ovate, 1–3 mm, apex notched, appendages absent, auricles round, small;

stamens shorter than corolla;

stigmas 3, shorter than corolla.

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

carpophore 6–8 mm.

tightly enclosed in calyx, ovoid, with narrow opening, opening by 6 triangular teeth ca. 1 mm;

carpophore ca. 1 mm.

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

dark brown to black, rotund, 0.6–1 mm broad, papillate.

= 48.

= 20 (Asia).