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         stems leafy; NOT [leaves in a basal
        rosette]  | 
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         leaves all opposite; NOT [leaves
        alternate], NOT [upper leaves often whorled]  | 
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         leaves simple, neither pinnately lobed
        nor cleft; NOT [leaves pinnately lobed or cleft]  | 
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         leaves lanceolate to ovate or rotund; NOT
        [leaves narrowly linear, 1-6 mm wide]  | 
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         leaves dentate; NOT [leaves entire]  | 
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         floral leaves or bracts usually green;
        NOT [floral leaves or bracts brightly colored, usually red or yellow, or
        shades of these colours], NOT [upper leaves violet-tinged]  | 
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         flowers in the axils of leaves or bracts;
        NOT [flowers in a terminal spike], NOT [flowers solitary]  | 
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         flowers large and showy, 10-35 mm long;
        NOT [flowers less than 10 mm long]  | 
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         calyx 5-lobed; NOT [calyx 4-lobed]  | 
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         calyx green; NOT [calyx violet-tinged]  | 
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         corolla usually much longer; NOT [corolla
        7-14 mm long]  | 
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         corolla not spurred at the base  | 
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         NOT [corolla green, tinged reddish brown
        to purple]  | 
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         anther-bearing stamens 4  | 
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         staminodes absent or inconspicuous  |