Perennial herb, up to 0.15 m high, very variable; stalked glands present. Stems creeping to suberect. Leaves sessile; blade narrowly ovate, > 4 x as long as broad, often reddish brown to purplish along margins, margins shallowly lobed. Flowers: in 2-flowered cymes on long peduncles; calyx > 1/2 as long as petals, segments broadly subulate, acute; petals pink, mauve, purplish to blue; Sep.-Mar.
Perennial herb, up to 150 mm tall, very variable. Stalked glands present. Stems creeping to suberect. Leaves narrow, more than 4 times as long as broad, often reddish brown to purplish along margin. Inflorescence: 2-flowered cymes on long peduncles. Flowers pink, mauve, purplish to blue.
Glabrescent, twiggy shrublet, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, toothed. Flowers 1 or 2 on slender axillary peduncles, pendulous, pink to purple. Capsule oblong, 2-3 times longer than calyx.
Glabrescent, twiggy shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, toothed. Flowers 1 or 2 on slender, axillary peduncles, purple. Capsules oblong, 2 or 3 times longer than calyx.