Habit: Annual, glabrous.
Leaf: basal, cauline, opposite.
Inflorescence: flowers 1, terminal on branches; pedicels >> subtending internode.
Flower: parts generally in 4s; calyx tube << lobes; corolla < 2 cm, narrowly funnel-shaped, lobes spreading, < tube, +- entire, with 2 fringed scales on adaxial surface near base, nectary pits 0 (nectaries on lower corolla tube); ovary sessile, style +- 0, stigmas 2, persistent.
Species In Genus: +- 17 species: temperate to arctic, alpine North America, Eurasia.
Etymology: (Greek: hair, mouth, from fringes on corolla lobes)
Jepson eFlora Author: James S. Pringle
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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