Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole 1--3 X as long as leaf blade; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong, 0.7--3.5 X 0.5--2.5 cm, abaxially white, rarely yellow farinose or efarinose, adaxially scabrous-puberulous, base short cuneate-attenuate to truncate or cordate, margin incised-dentate to pinnatifid, apex rounded to obtuse; lobules linear to oblong, margin entire or with 1 or 2 teeth. Scapes 4--25 cm, puberulous; umbels 2--8(--10)-flowered; bracts lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4--8 X 1--2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Pedicel 2--11 mm, ± farinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx campanulate to tubular-campanulate, 4--6.5 mm, white or pale yellow farinose, parted below middle, 5-ribbed; lobes lanceolate, apex acute to obtuse. Corolla purplish rose to bluish purple, rarely white; limb 1--2 cm wide; lobes obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: corolla tube 8--10 mm; stamens ca. 2 mm above base of corolla tube; style ca. as long as tube. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule oblong, shorter than calyx. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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