Intro: Erect perennial of sandy soils in pine and oak woods; occasionally in fields and on roadsides.

Stems: Stem unbranched, furry; leaks milky sap when bruised.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate to sessile, oval to elliptic, 1-3 in. long, thick, furry beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in dense clusters (1-1 1/2 in. wide) on very short stalks from upper leaf axils, yellowish-green with pink, 1/2 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, pale green corolla lobes and a central crown--composed of 5 pink-tinged, 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

Fruits: Fruit a follicle containing tufted seeds.

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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of sandy soils in pine and oak woods; occasionally in fields and on roadsides.

stems: Stem unbranched, furry; leaks milky sap when bruised.

leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate to sessile, oval to elliptic, 1-3 in. long, thick, furry beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in dense clusters (1-1 1/2 in. wide) on very short stalks from upper leaf axils, yellowish-green with pink, 1/2 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, pale green corolla lobes and a central crown--composed of 5 pink-tinged, 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

fruits: Fruit a follicle containing tufted seeds.

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