Glabrous perennial with 1–many annual stems from a thickened tap-root; stems erect, little branched, to 60 cm high. Leaves alternate, linear to subulate, 8–32 mm long, acute, sessile. Inflorescence a lax terminal panicle; pedicels 5–25 mm long. Sepals ovate, 4–6 mm long, margin membranous, sometimes ciliolate. Petals obovate, 8–13 mm long, pale to dark blue, occasionally white. Anthers white. Styles connate for much of their length. Capsule 3–5 mm diam. Seeds c. 2.5–2.8 mm long, yellow-brown.
Grows in herbfields including Mitchell Grass (Astrebla) downs and subalpine bog communities, shrublands, including Atriplex shrubland, and woodlands including Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla)-Box communities, on a variety of soils including cracking clays and soils derived from basalt, serpentinite, limestone, to 1500 m altitude.
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