Plant: Perennial forb to 60 cm Leaves: leaves opposite, sessile, lance-elliptic 1-5 cm long, margins widely serrate Flowers: flowers long-tubular, 3-4 cm long, ~2mm wide, petals white Fruit: a slender, cylindric capsule, ~3 cm long, clavate. Notes: Leaves reddish underneath.Sepals deciduous after flowering.Seeds with tufts of hair on one end. References: Kearney and Peebles, Arizona Flora, ASU specimans