Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole 5--9(--15) cm, pilose; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, 2.5--8 X 2.5--6 cm, pubescent, base cordate, margin incised or pinnately lobulate, apex obtuse; lobules with triangular teeth. Scapes 10--25 cm, pilose or sometimes glabrescent toward apex; umbels 1 or 2, superimposed, 3--9(--15)-flowered; bracts linear to oblong-lanceolate, 3--8 mm, sparsely pubescent. Pedicel 1--4 cm, pilose or pubescent. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5--6 mm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous, parted to middle; lobes erect, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, conspicuously costate. Corolla rose-purple; tube 1.2--1.3 cm; limb 1.3--2.5 cm wide; lobes obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens near middle of corolla tube; style exserted beyond annulus. Thrum flowers: stamens slightly below annulus; style reaching middle of corolla tube. Capsule oblong, slightly longer than calyx. Fl. May-Jun. 2n = 24@.
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