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1 Corolla ( not the corona) greenish, either pale green or yellowish green. |
2 Leaves subopposite (to alternate upwards); corolla lobes 7-17 mm long. |
3 Corolla lobes 7-12 mm long; leaves mostly 4-7× as long as wide, acuminate at the apex; [e. OK and e. TX and westwards] |
3 Corolla lobes 13-17 mm long; leaves mostly 2-4× as long as wide, obtuse at the apex; [c. TX and c. OK and eastwards] |
2 Leaves opposite; corolla lobes 6-10 mm long. |
4 Corona 2-3 mm across; corolla lobes pale green, 5-7 mm long; [of various provinces, Coastal Plain and also especially inland] |
5 Corolla lobes reflexed- rotate; corona white to pink, with purple markings; [ne. FL to s. peninsular FL] |
5 Corolla lobes strongly reflexed, appressed to the pedicel; corona green, white, or yellowish, with purple markings; [widespread in our area, but not ne. FL and peninsular FL] |
4 Corona 5-9 mm across; corolla lobes yellowish green, 9-10 mm long; [strictly of the Coastal Plain, of NC and SC, and southward]. |
6 Hoods ca. 6 mm long, about 2× as long as the gynostegium; stem and leaves densely tomentulose |
6 Hoods ca. 4 mm long, scarcely exceeding the gynostegium; stem and leaves softly puberulent |
1 Corolla (NOT the corona) pink, purple, crimson, orange, or white. |
7 Hoods about as long as the anther heads; horns 1-2× as long as the hood, exserted slightly to well beyond the hood. |
8 Hood opening truncate, the hood therefore beaker-shaped; corolla lobes 8-12 mm long; [primarily of mesic forests of the Mountains] |
8 Hood opening very oblique, the hood therefore scoop-shaped; corolla lobes 2.5-10 mm long; [primarily of wetlands of various provinces]. |
9 Corolla bright orangey red, the lobes 5-10 mm long; corona orangey yellow; gynostegium orangey yellow |
9 Corolla white, pink, rose, or purple, the lobes 2.5-6 mm long; corona white, pink, or rose; gynostegium white or pale pink. |
10 Plants 3-5 dm tall; corolla lobes usually white (rarely slightly pink); corona white; leaves glabrous beneath; [of the Coastal Plain of SC] |
10 Plants 5-15 dm tall; corolla lobes rose to purple (rarely white); corona pink or rose; leaves pubescent to glabrate beneath; [collectively widespread]. |
11 Stems and leaves sparsely pubescent to glabrescent; leaves narrow, the base obtuse to truncate, the apex long- acuminate; plants usually much branched |
11 Stems and leaves moderately to densely pubescent; leaves broader, the base rounded to subcordate, the apex acute to short- acuminate; plants usually relatively strict |
7 Hoods distinctly longer than the anther heads; horns 0.5-1× as long as the hood, not conspicuously exserted beyond the hood. |
12 Lower leaf surface pubescent over the surface. |
13 Hood margin irregular but not with a sharp tooth; umbels terminal and extra- axillary; corolla purplish-rose; leaves with 1-2 stipular colleters on each side of petioles, abaxial surfaces sparsely pilosulous; plants 4-10 dm tall |
13 Hood margin with a single, ascending, triangular tooth; ; leaves with 1-5 stipular colleters on each side of petioles, abaxial surfaces tomentose to glabrate; corolla rose or greenish-white; plants (5-) 8-20 dm tall |
12 Lower leaf surface glabrous to sparsely pubescent along the midvein only. |
14 Hood opening very oblique, the hood therefore scoop-shaped, and also with 2 prominent lateral teeth; corolla pink to greenish (rarely white); plants 2-5 dm tall |
14 Hood opening truncate and constricted, and lacking prominent teeth; corolla white (often pink at the "waist"); plants 3-12 dm tall |