a dwarf herb, pilose-pubescent, perennial, 1–3 in. high, stemless, leafy at the base, with the habit of a Plantago; scapes erect or ascending, firm; leaves radical, rosulate, numerous, ovate or oval, obtuse, narrowed at the base, about 3-nerved, entire or repand, rather thick, glabrous above or nearly so, pilose-pubescent beneath, ciliate, 1/2–1 in. long, 1/4– 3/8 in. broad; petioles broad, short or up to 3/8 in. long; flowers spicate, several, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, subsessile or very shortly pedicillate; pedicels 1/12 in. long or less, bracteate at the base; bracts ovate, obtuse, sessile, concave, foliaceous, covering the calyx-tube, finely pilose on the back, glabrous within, ciliate, 1/4– 3/8 in. long, lower bracts opposite or subopposite, often empty; spikes dense at least above, 1–1 1/2 in. long; calyx about 1/4 in. long, shortly 5-dentate, finely pilose or glabrous except on the ribs and teeth; teeth ovate-deltoid, about 1/12 in. long, subequal; corolla glabrous, white and purplish; appendages of the anterior pair of filaments club-shaped; anthers glabrous. null
