A small herb, glabrous except the glandular-pilose inflorescence, apparently perennial; rootstock somewhat woody; stems wiry, pallid below, herbaceous and pale green above, ascending, tetragonous, about 6 in. long or more, leafy on the lower half, sparingly so above; leaves opposite, narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, more or less narrowed or nearly rounded at the shortly petiolate or sub-sessile base, firmly herbaceous, green on both faces, a little paler beneath, denticulate or nearly entire, 1/4-2/5 in. long, 1/20-1/7 in. broad; petioles very short, broad, narrowly decurrent; racemes terminal, short and dense or laxer below and about 13/4 in. long, several-flowered; lower pedicels ranging up to nearly 1 in. long, rather slender, straight, spreading, the upper shorter, all arising from the axils of bracts, 1-flowered and ebracteate; bracts like the leaves but smaller, sessile and glandular-puberulous; calyx-segments ovate-oval or oblong, obtuse, glandular-pilose, 1/10-1/8 in. long; corolla bilabiate, purplish; posterior lip about 1/4 in. long, trifid, with rounded lobes; anterior lip about 1/3 in. long, bifid, lobes semi-elliptical, each with a convex orange-coloured puberulous protrusion about the middle of the base; palate pulverulent on the side of the anterior lip, with two orange-coloured shortly bearded protrusions below the corresponding protrusions of the anterior lip; spur narrowly oblong from a conical base, obtuse, not much curved, 3/16 in. long; filaments rather broad, glabrous, shining, the longer pair 1/20 in. long, the shorter about half as long; anthers orange-coloured, 1/24 in. long.
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Perennial herb, up to 450 mm high; rootstock with underground runners forming tufted, ± unbranched, ascending stems; usually with long bare axis below flowers. Leaves ± sessile or shortly petiolate, decurrent; lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 1-6 mm wide, obtuse, ± entire or denticulate. Flowers several in short, hairy racemes up to 40 mm long. Corolla pink, mauve or reddish purple, upper lobes rounded, palate orange or yellow, puberulous. Spur extended conical, somewhat curved, 3.0-3.5(-4.0) mm long. Flowering time Dec., Jan. Fruit a large capsule, up to 14 x 9 mm, ± ovate, obliquely truncate.
Perennial herb, up to 0.40-0.45 m high. Stems tufted, unbranched, spreading by means of underground runners, usually with long, bare axis below flowers. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 1-6 mm wide, apex obtuse, margins entire or denticulate. Flowers: in thick, terminal clusters 40 mm long; spur extended conical, somewhat curved, 3-4 mm long; corolla lilac-pink, palate yellow with orange-yellow bosses at mouth of spur; Sep.-Feb., mainly Dec., Jan. Fruit an ± ovate capsule, up to 14 x 9 mm, obliquely truncate.
Tufted, perennial herb, up to 400 mm tall, spreading by means of underground runners. Leaves narrowly lanceolate. Inflorescence a thick, terminal cluster. Flowers lilac-pink, palate yellow with orange-yellow patches at mouth of spur.
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