[3] This species is a perennial herb with stems up to 10 centimeters tall.

The basal leaves are sharply toothed, widely lance-shaped blades up to 3 centimeters long.

Flowers occur in July and August at the stem tips.

Each has five toothed sepals and a saucer-shaped blue corolla with 5 lobes about 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters long.

[3][4] It faced the potential threat of trampling by mountain goats, an introduced species in the range, but now extirpated.