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General:
Annual herb from a taproot, strong-scented; stems mostly branching, 5-25 cm tall, 4-angled, bristly-hairy.
Leaves:
Opposite, linear or narrowly oblong, to 2 cm long, entire, minutely-hairy, margins often stiff-hairy; unstalked or nearly so.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of leafy axillary flower clusters, the upper crowded to form a spike; corollas tubular, blue, 2-lipped, to 10 mm long; calyces tubular, bulging on lower side near base, 5 mm long, 13-ribbed, hairy in throat, upper 3 teeth about the length of lower 2, the teeth awl-tipped; fertile stamens 2.
Fruits:
Nutlets, 4 clustered together, egg-shaped, net-veined, glaucous, sticky when moistened.
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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