Herbage usually pubescent to tomentose, sometimes glabrate or glabrous. Leaf blades ovate, basal lobes usually rounded or 1-pointed and not spreading, sometimes slightly spreading and 2-pointed, basal sinus acute. Bracts distinct from sepals, 16–25 × 10–20 mm, proximally flat or keeled, apex obtuse to rounded. Flowers: corolla pink, 45–70 mm; stamens 24–32 mm.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, grassy banks, rocky shores, salt marshes.

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Del., Ill., Ind., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., Va., Wis., South America (Argentina, Uruguay), s Africa (Cape Peninsula, extinct?), Atlantic Islands (Azores, Tristan da Cunha).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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