General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, several, freely branching, angled, 5-20 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves few, egg-shaped to elliptic, 5-15 mm long, forming a rosette; stem leaves similar, 5-10 mm long, fused at the base and slightly decurrent.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary flowers or more usually a loose cluster of terminal axillary stalked flowers; corollas white with purplish streaks and stipples, 10-13 mm long, tubular with 5 pointed lobes, the lobes blue on the back, plaits of the sinuses 2/3 the length of the lobes, calyces 4-6 mm long, 1/2 the length of the corollas, lobes 1/2 the length of the tubes; stamens shorter than the corolla tubes; anthers 1 mm long.

Fruits:
Capsules, oblong, wing-margined; seeds dark brown, spindle-shaped, 1.5 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia