perennial, branched chiefly at the base, 1–1 1/2 ft. high; branches puberulous or nearly tomentose; leaves solitary, the lower opposite or sub-opposite, linear or oblanceolate-linear, obtuse, sometimes denticulate towards the apex, narrowed at the base, pubescent, 1/2–1 in. long; heads solitary, nodding, short or oblong, 1/2–1 in. long; bracts lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, subobtuse or apiculate, concave, 4–5 lin. long; calyx tubular, puberulous, 3 lin. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, ciliate, a quarter as long as the tube; corolla-tube linear, 6–7 lin. long; lobes oblong or obovate-oblong, subequal, 1 lin. long. null
