Herbs perennial, 30-70 cm tall, of broomlike habit. Rootstock woody. Stems erect, much branched basally, densely appressed pilose. Leaves subsessile, linear to linear-lanceolate; basal leaves 2-3.5 cm X ca. 4 mm; cauline leaves 2.5-5 cm X 2-3 mm, abaxially ± appressed pilose, adaxially glabrous, base attenuate, apex acute. Inflorescences long-pedunculate axillary cymes on main stems, solitary on branchlets; peduncle 3-7 cm; bracts linear, to 1.5 cm. Pedicel 2-6 mm. Sepals obovate, oblong, or oblong-elliptic, ± unequal; inner ones 4-7 mm; outer 2 shorter, glabrous, apex ± obtuse, mucronulate. Corolla red or rose, funnelform, 1.5-2.3 cm, midpetaline bands pubescent distally. Stamens included, slightly unequal; filaments glabrous; anthers oblong, apex obtuse. Disc cupular. Ovary glabrous. Stigmas linear. Capsule ovoid-obovoid, 6-8 mm, glabrous. Seeds often 1, dark brown, ca. 3.5 X 3 mm, hirsute. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Jul.
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