can be readily distinguished from G. juncea due to its unique flower tube, which has the throat of the tubular flower closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip.

Morphology

Gambelia juncea is an erect or spreading shrub with many slender stems that are much-branched and high. The nodes are long, the internodes longer than adjacent leaves. The leaves are arranged oppositely or in whorls of three, varying in size and pubescence. The leaves are shaped elliptic to nearly linear,

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