Intro: Erect to ascending perennial found in dry pine savannas and sandy uplands.

Stems: Stems slender, unbranched, smooth; leaks milky sap when bruised.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, essentially sessile, linear, to 4 in. long, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on long, slender, nodding stalks in a loose terminal umbel; pink to lavender, about 3/8 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, lavender corolla lobes and a pink central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--which surrounds a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

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

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Height: 12-28 in.

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description: Erect to ascending perennial found in dry pine savannas and sandy uplands.

stems: Stems slender, unbranched, smooth; leaks milky sap when bruised.

leaves: Leaves opposite, essentially sessile, linear, to 4 in. long, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on long, slender, nodding stalks in a loose terminal umbel; pink to lavender, about 3/8 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, lavender corolla lobes and a pink central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--which surrounds a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

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

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