Erect, 12-18 in. high; branches many, spreading, hirsute, reddish, somewhat slender; leaves 4-nate, incurved-erect, equalling or often shorter than the internodes, linear, blunt, sulcate, hirsute, 1-2 lin. long; flowers 4-nate, subcapitate; pedicels 1/2 lin. long; bracts subapproximate to remote, one long and leaf-like on a slender petiole, long hirsute; sepals linear, long ciliate, 2/3 lin. long; corolla urceolate to cyathiform, mouth contracted or only slightly so, hispidulous, red, 1 1/2 lin. long; segments erect or subpatent, rounded, 1/4 the length of the tube; filaments capillary, straight; anthers exserted, dorsifixed above the base, ovate-oblong, with a sharp anterior point at the base, over 1/3 lin. long, cristate-aristate; awns from a broader denticulate base narrowing to subulate, acuminate, rough-edged, 3/4 the length of the cell; style exserted, slender; stigma large, capitate; ovary hispidulous.
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Erect, compact shrublet to 20 cm. Flowers small, urn-to cup-shaped, dark pink, slightly hairy, with exserted anthers.
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