Corolla pale blue, through darker blue to pink; tube c. 10 mm. long, slender, pilose above and without, throat pilose; lobes (3)5–7 mm. long, up to 5 mm. wide, obovate.
Spike 10–35 mm. long, up to 18 mm. broad with flowers densely compacted, not markedly quadrangular, densely white silky-pilose.
Calyx 7–8 mm. long, cylindrical, densely pilose, 4-lobed; lobes c. 2 mm. long, subulate-lanceolate.
Capsule 4–4.8 x 2–2.5 mm., cylindric to subconical, apex cuspidate, glabrous.
Annual herb, 35–95 cm. tall, erect, long white pilose; stems simple, leafy.
Bracts c. 12–15 mm. long, lanceolate, densely pilose, upper smaller.
Bracteoles 5–6 x 0.5 mm., linear-subulate, densely pilose.