PLANTS: Annuals to 75 cm tall.

STEMS: rectangular, unbranched.

LEAVES: basal leaves oblanceolate to spatulate; cauline leaves ovate, somewhat clasping, 1.5-3 cm long, bicolored, lighter below.

FLOWERS: in dense, axillary cymose clusters; calyx tube 5-6 mm long, the lobes 5-7 mm long, the margins strongly scabrous; corolla white to yellowish, 16-19 mm long, the lobes 5-6 mm long, the corona hairs not united.

NOTES: Wet grassy meadows: San Rafael Valley, Santa Cruz Co.; 1450 m (4700 ft); Sep; NM; Chih., Sin., Son., Mex.

REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T. 1998 Gentianaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 84.