an erect herb, glabrous nearly throughout, glaucescent, annual, strictly erect, 4–8 in. high; stem simple, slender, smooth, leafy at the base; basal leaves rosulate, oval, obtuse or mucronulate at the apex, narrowed at the base, repand or pinnately toothed, 1/4– 3/8 in. long, 1/12– 1/6 in. broad; teeth pointed; petioles 1/2– 3/4 in. long; upper leaves alternate, rather few; peduncles slender, axillary or narrowly bracteate at the base, 1/4–1 1/2 in. long, together arranged in a terminal raceme which occupies half or three-quarters of the length of the stem, suberect; calyx-segments lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, minutely glandular-puberulous especially on the margin, 1/12– 1/8 in. long; corolla about 1/8 in. broad and long, purple, with two very small pits at the base; stamens 4, perfect; filaments filiform, subequal, minutely glandular; anthers glabrous, yellow; ovary glabrous; capsule ovoid, about 1/8 in. long. null
