Stems erect, to 14 cm tall, sparsely short strigose and spreading hispid; branches with 2 leaves subtending inflorescences. Basal and lower stem leaves long petiolate, spatulate, 2.8-4.7 cm × 4-9 mm, base attenuate, apex obtuse; upper stem leaves ± sessile, narrowly oblong to spatulate-oblanceolate, 1.8-3.4 cm, short strigose, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, crowded, 5-10 mm wide; bracts narrowly triangular to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 mm; upper branches with flowers at branching points, opposite leaves. Pedicel 0.5-2.5 mm. Flowers long pedicellate. Calyx ca. 3 mm, parted to base; lobes triangular-lanceolate, sparsely short strigose, margin densely pubescent. Corolla blue, glabrous; tube ca. 2 mm; appendages low trapeziform, ca. 0.5 mm; limb ca. 8 mm wide; lobes suborbicular. Fl. Jun.