[1] This is an annual or perennial herb, growing stems which may be anywhere from a few centimeters long to nearly half a meter, and may lay along the ground or grow erect.

Its small oval or spoon-shaped leaves are mostly basal but may grow sparsely further along the stem.

Each flower grows at the end of a long peduncle, which may be longer than the actual stem.

It narrows at the mouth and opens into a corolla, with 4 lobes each about half as long as the tube.

[1] The flower is any shade of purple or blue, and has longitudinal striping of varied shades of purple to nearly white (see image detail at left).