Hybanthus Jacq.

Lowest petal much longer than the others Hybanthus

Petals blue

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Flowers in a slender raceme, each subtended by a minute bract. Lower petal 5–20 mm long. Leaves narrow-linear, 1–6 cm long; lower ones alternate; upper ones opposite. Widespread. Heath. Ss and old dunes. Fl. summer Hybanthus monopetalus

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Flowers on short pedicels in the axils of the upper leaves which are sometimes smaller than the other leaves. Lower petal 6–13 mm long. Leaves all alternate, linear to narrow-ovate, rarely more than 25 mm long. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Heath. Ss. Fl. spring–summer