Herbs, 8-15 cm tall. Old root crown with 1-3 series of ovate scales. Rhizomes short, ca. 6 mm in diam. Stems 1-3, prostrate to ascending, 5-20 cm, slender. Basal leaves 5-10; petiole 6-7 cm; leaf blade ovate-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 2.5-6 cm, base broadly cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, apex obtuse. Stem leaves 3 or 4, sessile or short petiolate; leaf blade ovate, much smaller than basal leaves, margin obscurely toothed, apex acute. Spikes ca. 2.5 cm, dense; bracts broadly elliptic, to 1 cm. Calyx 2-lobed nearly to base. Corolla pale blue, ca. 1 cm; tube straight, much longer than limb; lower lip 3-or 4-parted, spreading flat; upper lip suborbicular, apex entire or emarginate. Filaments short. Style included. Fl. Jun-Jul.