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Summer (L lower ones petiolate)

l., lower ones petiolate, elliptic-oblong, sinuate-toothed or pinnatifid; upper ones more entire; bracts sessile, quite entire. h. 2ft. 1820. A sub-erect, branched, viscous-pubescent, greenhouse or hardy annual. It is known in gardens by the following names: S. atropurpurea (B. M. 2811; B. R. 1518; S. B. F. G. 271), S. Barclayana (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 112), S. picta (B. M. 3365; L. B. C. 1652; S. B. F. G. 258), and S. straminea (H. E. F. 229; S. B. F. G. 231). There are several garden varieties, including coccinea (L. & P. F. G. iii. 100) and flava (G. M. B. i. p. 57).