erect, 8–18 in. high; branches straightly ascending, stout, pubescent; leaves 4–6-nate, erect-incurved, crowded, linear, sulcate to round-backed, glabrous, about 4 lin. long; inflorescence pseudo-spicate, 1–2 in. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. wide; pedicels puberulo-viscid, usually under 1 (rarely 1 1/2) lin. long; upper bracts at least approximate or subapproximate, foliaceous, 1–2 1/2 lin. long; sepals linear to broad-lanceolate from a broad base, sulcate-keeled, viscidulous, glabrous or puberulous, 1–3 lin. long; corolla campanulate or tubular-campanulate, often strongly nerved, more or less viscid, subglabrous, 2–2 1/2 lin. long; limb erect or slightly spreading, about 1/3 the length of the tube; filaments narrow or rather broad, dilated below the anther; anthers narrow-oblong, cuneate-linear or subelliptical, obtuse or acute, subterminal to lateral, glabrous, 1/2 lin. long, muticous or sometimes minutely decurrent-denticulate; pore 1/2– 2/3 the length of the cell; style included; stigma capitate; ovary turbinate, villous. null
