stems decumbent or ascending, minutely pubescent; radical leaves petiolate, obovate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, denticulate, lower cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, upper linear, sessile, entire; pedicels axillary, 2–3 times shorter than the leaf, minutely pubescent as the calyx; lobes of calyx as long as the ovoid tube; corolla tubulose-infundibuliform, 5-fid, lobes acute, subequal. Root fasciculate, fibrous. Stems numerous, 2 inches to a span long, filiform. Radical leaves aggregated, about 1 inch long, 2–3 lines wide, subentire or denticulate; petiole short or as long as the leaf, cauline-leaf 5–6 lines long, gradually smaller, entire or toothed, the upper 2–3 lines long, linear, rarely spathulate. Raceme long, secundate. Pedicels commonly 2–3 times, rarely 4–5 times shorter than the leaf; in large, loose-flowered specimens (E. erinoides, var. β. laxa, Presl) the pedicel equals the leaf. Calyx tube 1 line long. Corolla white, 2 lines long to 1/3, 5-fid, pubescent or glabrous. Capsule 1 1/2 line long.
