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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 |