Herba annua erecta, ramosissima, 7.15 cm. alta; ramulis filiformibus minutissime puberulis, laxe foliatis; foliis patentibus patulisve linearibus vellineari-lanceolatis acutis vel subacutis, sessilibus, minute puberulis, 0.4-0.6 cm. longis: floribus axillaribus terminalibusque, graciliter pedicellatis, pedicellis filiformibus minutissime puberulis, 0.4-0.7 cm. longis; calyce 5-angulari, alte 5-fido, c. 1.5 mm. longo, glabro, tubodepresso brevi, segmente erectis lineari-subfilifoiunibus acutis, basinversus obtuse carinatis, 0.1 cm. longis vel paulo longioribus; corolla pallide caerulea, campanulata, 0.6 cm. longa, glabra, segmentis ovatis obtusiusculis erecto-patentibus; antheris linearibus obtusis, vix 0.2 cm. excedentibus, filamenti subfiliformibus medio ciliatis, vix 0.1 cm. excedentibus; stylo filiformi, 0.4 cm. longo, dimidiosuperiore glanduloso-papuloso, stigmatibus 3, brevibus oblongis obtusis; capsula subturbinata depressa, 3-valvis, calycis segmentispaulo ampliatis coronata, medio 0.2 cm. diametiente.
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Intricately branched, shortly hairy annual to 15 cm. Leaves scale-like, lanceolate, margins thickened, slightly toothed. Flowers in divaricately branched, wiry cymes, blue, bell-shaped, 5-8 mm diam., sepals stiffly spreading in fruit, ovary subglabrous.
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