a perennial herb, shrubby at the base; stem erect or ascending, pubescent 12–14 in. high; internodes rather short; lowest leaves ovate, 2/5– 3/5 in. long, crenate-serrate, 1/10– 1/8 in. broad; the upper linear, quite entire or few-toothed, somewhat glabrous, 2/3–1 1/3 in. long, 1/25– 1/12 in. broad, sessile; floral leaves ovate or obovate, pubescent, not adnate to the calyx, 1/4– 2/5 in. long, 1/8– 1/5 in. broad; spike rather short, capitate, somewhat curved over during flowering; calyx 1/5– 1/4 in. long, bipartite; teeth 5, pubescent, 1/12– 1/6 in. long; corolla saffron-yellow; tube quite glabrous, 5 times as long as the calyx, 1/2– 3/5 in. long; lobes subequal, about 1/12 in. long, entire; stamens didynamous, glabrous, one pair shortly exserted, the other shortly included; style shortly exserted. null
