General:
Perennial herb from heavy, woody taproot and branched stem-base; stems few to several, 5-30 cm tall, short, stiff appressed-hairy.

Leaves:
Numerous, all along the stem, unstalked, linear to oblong or narrowly lanceolate, 2-6 cm long and 2-6 mm wide, entire, alternate, short, stiff appressed-hairy.

Flowers:
Well-developed flowers in small clusters in upper leaf axils, the flower stalks bent down somewhat in fruit; corollas bright yellow, 15-35 mm long, fused at base into long (12-30 mm) tube that spreads (10-20 mm wide) at top to 5 ragged-margined lobes, with 5 bulges at the throat; smaller unopened flowers often appear later in the season, in branching clusters lower on the stem.

Fruits:
Nutlets usually 4, clustered together, grey, shining, sparingly pitted, 3-3.5 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

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Batschia linearifolia (Goldie) Small
Lithospermum angustifolium Michx.
Lithospermum linearifolium Goldie
Lithospermum mandanense Spreng.