n = 18

n = 18

2n = 36

Plants biennial, rarely polycarpic, 60– 470 mm tall. Leaves 41–168 mm long, 6.5–31 mm wide; petiole indistinct, 4.0–18.5 mm wide at leaf base. Flowering stems 1–9 per plant, 3.0–11.3 mm diam. when fresh, (1.8–)3.7–4.7(–8.0) mm diam. when dry. Pedicels (1–)2(–3) per leaf axil, (3–)10– 40(–50) mm long, 0.9–1.5 mm diam. Flowers 7–110 per plant, 14–23 mm long. Calyx 6.8–18 mm long; lobes 3.1–10 mm long, 2.7–4.0 mm wide at base. Corolla 14.0–21.1 mm long. Filaments 7.2–12.8 mm long, 1.1–1.6 mm wide. Anthers 1.9–3.2 mm long. FL late Dec–Jan (montane valleys), Feb–Mar (alpine).