Pentastemona egregia
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Description
Plants almost glabrous, up to 25 cm;
Leafblade ovate to broad-ovate, base shallowly emarginate to cordate, apex short or distincdy acute-acuminate, 7-17 by 5-10 cm;
Inflorescences shortly peduncled, simple, pauciflor-ous racemes, hidden under the leaves, 2-5 cm long, after flowering bent towards the ground;
Flowers campanulate-urceolate, 12-20 mm long, 18-20 mm diameter;
Fruit c. 13 mm long, with 10 firm ribs fringed with ander-like emergences which extend on the persisting perianth.
Seeds many, almost globular, c. 1.5 by 1.25 mm, glossy.