Leaf lamina oblong to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic to subcircular, up to 5 × 3·5 cm., obtuse or emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, more or less glabrous, very slightly fleshy; petiole up to 3 cm. long.
Stems slender, woody at base, prostrate-ascending, radiating from a thick rootstock, glabrous or nearly so, with 2-armed hairs.
Inflorescences few-flowered axillary cymes; peduncle up to 3·5 cm. long, erect Bracts linear or obovate, up to 8 × 3 mm.
Seeds trigonous, minutely areolate, the outer 2 margins narrowly and irregularly winged.
Sepals ovate or obovate-elliptic, acute, unequal, 4–7 × 4 mm. venose in fruit.
Capsule pale brown, thin, subglobose; fruiting pedicels up to 1·3 cm. long.
Corolla blue, subrotate to shallowly campanulate, about 1 cm. long.
Annual or perennial herb.