Stems 2–5 dm, with a few stiffly ascending branches, strongly striate-angled or narrowly 4-winged, usually somewhat scabrous on the angles; herbage persistently yellow-green; pedicels 1–2 times as long as the bracts, ascending at usually 20–30°; cal-tube 2.5–3 mm, reticulate-veiny, the lobes broadly triangular, 0.7–1 mm; cor 1–1.5 cm, pink, with 2 yellow lines and some purple spots in the throat, the lobes ± truncate; pollen-sacs 0.5–1.3 mm; fr subglobose, 4–5 mm; seeds yellow-brown; 2n=26. Dry prairies, open woods, and barrens, especially in sandy soil; sw. Ont. to O., Wis., Mo., and Kans., rare. (Gerardia s.)
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