Stem 180-420 mm tall, thinnish to stout, branched or unbranched, often many stems from one rootstock, pubescent to tomentose. Leaves ascending-spreading; petiole 3-10 mm long; blade 35-89 x 6-30 mm, linear or lanceolate to narrowly ovate or oblong, margin undulate, pubescent or subtomentose, surfaces pubescent, often less so above. Inflorescence umbellate, 2-5-flowered, sessile and pedunculate, lateral at upper nodes and terminal; peduncles up to 25 mm long, densely pubescent. Bracts 8-19 mm long, linear, acuminate, glabrous above, pubescent below, deciduous. Pedicels 8-20 mm long, densely pubescent. Sepals 10-27 mm long, linear, lanceolate or narrowly ovate, acute-acuminate, to acuminate or acuminate-attenuate, glabrous above, densely pubescent below. Corolla 12-26 mm long, `globose-campanulate', lobed almost to the base, `apparently whitish or pale greenish, stained with dull purple on the back', surfaces glabrous or rarely puberulous below; lobes 10-21 x 8-13 mm, ovate or elliptic to suborbicular, recurved tips acute or obtuse, often slightly notched. Corona lobes 9-18 mm long, spreading horizontally at the linear or claw-like basal part which bears 2 erect wing-like keels, 5.0-8.0 mm long, 1.7-5.5 mm broad at the base, contiguous, subfalcate or falcate with acute or obtuse tips pointing outwards, apparently dark purple and white; beyond the keels the lobe becomes erect and dilates into a 3-lobed concave blade, lateral lobes of blade 2.0-5.4 mm long, horizontally spreading or inwardly directed, varying from broadly deltoid to linear-deltoid, tips obtuse, middle lobes 2.4-6.0 mm long, linear-deltoid or linear-oblong, tips obtuse or rarely bifid, erect or curved slightly inwards, dilated apical part rarely subrhomboid and not 3-lobed. Anther appendages 1.5-3.0 mm long, ovate or elliptic to broadly ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, inflexed over style apex; wings 2.3-3.5 mm long, vertical, outer edge straight. Follicle 90-130 x 25 mm, narrowly ovoid, obtuse, 6-winged, wings coarsely toothed or subentire.
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Perennial, geophytic herb, 300-520 mm long; stems 1-5, erect, unbranched. Leaves spreading-erect, lanceolate to ovate, 35-89 x 6-21 mm, base cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescences 1-5-flowered. Corolla campanulate, white to pale pink inside, dark pink to maroon outside, apex reflexed; lobes free, 11-18 x 5.0-13.5 mm. Corona corona maroon-purple, markings pink; lobes complex, 6.5-11.0 mm high, basal proximal lobe 6.5-10.5 mm long with 2 reflexed dentate wings; distal appendage ligulate, 10.0-16.5 mm long, upcurved and cruciform; apex occasionally bifid. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Follicles ellipsoid, glabrous, 6-winged; pedicel twisted.
Perennial herb, 80-250 mm tall. Leaves 1.5-3 times as long as broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, thinly and harshly pubescent. Umbels pedunculate, subaxillary and terminal. Corolla lobes suberect; without gibbosity on inner face. Flowers greenish white, sometimes purplish down back; corona yellow.
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