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A glandular-pilose perennial herb; stems creeping and rooting at the base, then ascending or erect, about 9 in. high, branched; branches bifariously pilose, often very densely leafy above. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 6–9 lin. long, 1 1/2–3 1/4 lin. broad, obtuse, somewhat narrowed at the base, sparingly glandular-pilose or glabrous, serrulate or sometimes nearly entire, rather coriaceous. Flowers in short crowded terminal racemes; pedicels about 3/4 lin. long; bracts elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, shorter than the flowers. Calyx 4-partite, densely glandular-pilose, 3 lin. long; segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla blue, 4–4 3/4 lin. long; tube 1 1/2–1 2/3 lin. long; lobes obovate-ovate or suborbicular. Style 1 1/2 lin. long. Capsule obcordate, compressed especially at the apex, shortly glandular-pilose, 1/4– 2/3 lin. shorter than the calyx.