PLANT: Perennial with 1-5 erect stems from a short, deep seated rhizome, rarely suffrutescent; stems 8-25 cm tall, sparsely glandular, the lower internodes evident. LEAVES: linear-oblong to narrowly elliptic, flat, acute to obtuse, 1-4(5) cm long, 2-5(8) mm wide, the upper leaves glandular and short-villous. INFLORESCENCE: flowers 2-3; pedicels glandular. FLOWERS: calyx 8-10 mm long, the membranes flat; corolla bright pink to red-purple, the tube 10-17 mm long, the lobes 5-10 mm long, retuse to emarginate; stamens inserted on the upper tube; stigmas usually located among the stamens. NOTES: Open sites, coniferous forest and woodland: Coconino, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai cos.; 1000-2400 m (3500-7800 ft); Mar-Jun; sc UT, n AZ. REFERENCES: Dieter H. Wilken and J. Mark Porter, 2005, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Polemoniaceae. CANOTIA 1: 1-37.