Perennials 25-35 cm tall. Rhizomes to 15 cm. Stems 1 or 2, erect, simple, densely papillate. Basal leaves in 1 or more erect rosettes; petiole 2-2.5 cm, membranous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, elliptic, or oblong, 2.5-3.5 × 0.8-1.8 cm, base narrowed, apex obtuse, veins 1-3. Stem leaves 3 or 4 pairs; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, shorter to absent toward apex; leaf blade oblong, oblanceolate, or elliptic, 2-4 × 0.4-1.5 cm, base narrowed, apex obtuse to rounded, veins 1-3. Cymes axillary or terminal, forming a narrow panicle, cymes sometimes on pedunclelike branches; peduncles to 4.5 cm. Pedicel 0.5-2.5 cm, densely papillate. Calyx narrowly obconic, 7-10 mm; tube spathelike, split on 1 side; lobes erect, subulate, 1-1.5 mm. Corolla dark blue, unspotted, narrowly funnelform, 2.2-2.5(-3.2) cm; lobes ovate, 3-4 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; plicae triangular to obliquely truncate, 1.5-2 mm, margin denticulate, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments 7-11 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 2-2.5 mm. Style 2-2.5 mm; stigma lobes semiorbicular. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 1-1.2 cm; gynophore 8-10 mm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid to subglobose, 1-1.2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Nov.
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