Plant: Annual; hairs generally bristly, often with bulbous bases; stem generally erect, 2-12 dm, generally green Leaves: Leaves basal and cauline, alternate, sessile or lower short-petioled, generally linear to narrowly lanceolate or oblong, generally ± entire INFLORESCENCE: spike-like cyme, generally ± terminal, elongate; tip coiled Flowers: radial; calyx lobes 5, sometimes appearing to be 2-4 from fusion; corolla orange or yellow, 4-11 mm, 2-10 mm wide at top, tube 10-veined near base, limb with red-orange marks or not; anthers appressed to stigma in corolla throat Fruit: nutlets erect, ± triangular, 2-3.5 mm, generally with oval lateral scar; surface tubercled, sometimes ridged Misc: Open, generally disturbed places; < 1700 m.