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Bracts 4–6 x 3–3.5 mm., ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, at least upper apically trilobed, long-ciliate especially on the middle lobe.
Corolla pink, pinkish-purple to mauve or white; tube c. 7 mm. long, pubescent without; lobes 3–4 x 2.5 mm., throat pilose.
Annual herb, 13.5–52 cm. tall, erect; stems simple below, occasionally sparingly branched above, patent-hispid.
Calyx 5.5–6 mm. long, clearly 4-lobed; lobes 3–4 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, long-ciliate only on margin.
Spikes 5–25 x 5–8 mm., terminal or lateral, densely compacted, clearly or obscurely quadrangular.
Bracteoles 3–3.5 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate, long-ciliate.
Capsule 3–3.5 x c. 2 mm., cylindric-ovoid, glabrous.
