Cyanotis lanata Benth.

Annuals, erect and few-branched at first, later densely branched and covered with long, soft, appressed hairs, rarely glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong, acute, 30-60 x 4 mm, narrowed into a tubular sheath. Cymes few-flowered, clustered in axils of spathes. Corolla small, violet, blue, pink or mauve; filaments nearly glabrous or with blue hairs, anthers orange-yellow. Capsule triangular, obovoid, thin, 5 mm high; seeds oblong, 1-2 mm long, punctate with raised areas.

Often in seasonally wet places on and near rocks, also sometimes in cultivated around, usually at low elevations (4, 500 ft. or less).