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Biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers nodding, borne in terminal 1-sided racemes. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla with a long tube, shortly 5-lobed, the two upper lobes forming an obscurely lobed upper lip, the lowest usually longer and more prominent. Stamens 4. Capsule dehiscing septicidally. Seeds numerous, small. Derivation of name: Latin for finger of a glove, referring to the corolla shape. Worldwide: c. 19 species in Europe, the Mediterranean region extending to C Asia Malawi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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