15 cm ruler for scale
Erect plant with stout, stiff stems. White tubular flowers in dense panicles. Flowers measured at 2 cm long, 1.5 cm diameter. Basal leaves linear, one featured in above photo was 6 cm long (including petiole) and 7 mm wide. Stem leaves linear to oblong, opposite, sessile, one shown above was 4 cm long and 7 mm wide. Stems with very fine hairs, leaves glabrous.
Blooms early June.
Height listed in Budd's Flora from 15 to 30 cm. Plant shown in
top photo was 19 cm tall.
Photos taken June 2nd, dry prairie hillside, Old Man on His Back Conservation Area, about 500 km southwest of our home in Regina, SK