Intro: Leaning to sprawling perennial of sandhills and other dry, sandy uplands.

Stems: Stem unbranched, smooth and with a white-waxy coating; leaks milky sap when bruised.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile-clasping, oval, to 4 in. long, thick, blue-green with pink veins and smooth; curving upright when stem is laying on ground.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on reddish-pink stalks in rounded, terminal and upper axillary umbels; pinkish-white, about 3/4 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, dull pink corolla lobes and an erect pinkish-white central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

Fruits: Fruit an erect, spindle-shaped follicle containing tufted seeds.

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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Leaning to sprawling perennial of sandhills and other dry, sandy uplands.

stems: Stem unbranched, smooth and with a white-waxy coating; leaks milky sap when bruised.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile-clasping, oval, to 4 in. long, thick, blue-green with pink veins and smooth; curving upright when stem is laying on ground.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on reddish-pink stalks in rounded, terminal and upper axillary umbels; pinkish-white, about 3/4 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, dull pink corolla lobes and an erect pinkish-white central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

fruits: Fruit an erect, spindle-shaped follicle containing tufted seeds.

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native range: southeastern United States