An annual herb, erect, very nearly glabrous, 51-203 mm [as '2-8 in.'] high, simple or branched at the base; branches ascending-erect, striate, slender; radical leaves rosulate, oblanceolate-spathulate or narrowly oval, obtuse at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, pinnately toothed or repand, 0.66-1 in. long, 0.2-0.4 in. broad, teeth pointed or obtuse; petiole 0.33-0.66 in. long; upper leaves few, alternate, gradually smaller; the uppermost more numerous and still smaller; peduncles axillary, together arranged in terminal leafy racemes, the lower 1.25-3 in. long, the upper gradually shorter; flowers 0.125-0.25 in. long; calyx-segments 0.125 in. long, lanceolate, acute, ciliolate with short whitish hairs; corolla purplish, 0.25 in. broad, with very shallow golden-yellow pouches; stamens glabrous; filaments all filiform or linear-subulate, 0.05 in. long, bearing anthers, glandular; capsule ovoid-linear, 0.313 in. long, 0.067 in. broad.
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Annual to 30 cm. Leaves elliptic to oblong, sinuate or dentate. Flowers like those of D. maculata but stamens erect and capsules linear-oblong, 5-10 x 1.5-2.0 mm.
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