Description
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Herbs perennial, 10--20 cm tall, drying black. Stems many, clustered, sometimes repent, only ascending apically; branches opposite, to 30 cm, with 2 lines of hairs. Leaves ± opposite, ± leathery; petiole 1--2 cm, pubescent; leaf blade oblong to ovate-oblong, 2--3 X 1--2 cm, pubescent; segments linear to linear-lanceolate, dentate or lobed. Flowers scattered. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, pubescent. Calyx ca. 1 cm; tube obconical; lobes 5, lanceolate, posterior one ± entire, lateral lobes larger, leaflike. Corolla pink to rose, erect, 1.7--3 cm, densely pubescent; galea bent at a right angle, abruptly constricted into a beak apically; beak ca. 5.5 mm, slender, straight; lower lip 1.5--1.8 cm wide, ciliate. Filaments glabrous. Capsule ovoid, slightly compressed, apiculate. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
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* Open rocky slopes; 2500--3100 m.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
