Stems erect, 3–8 dm, closely pubescent all around with short, ± ascending hairs; lfls obovate-oblong or oblong, 3–7 cm, half to two-thirds as wide, pubescent above (often densely so), densely gray-tomentose beneath; racemes 2–3 cm, the fls densely crowded in the distal half; cal-lobes 4–6 mm, the upper 2 separate about half their length; fr hirsutulous with short hairs 0.5–1 mm from papillose bases, beneath them densely villosulous (scarcely visible at 10 x); 2n=22. Dry, sandy woods and barrens, chiefly on the coastal plain; Del. to Ky., Tenn., Fla. and La. July–Sept. Ours is var. tomentosa. (R. erecta; Dolicholus e.)
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