UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Basal leaves oblanceolate, 1-3 cm. long and 1/3 as wide, sharply serrate with firm, slender teeth;

cauline leaves alternate, similar and nearly as large as the basal.

Lower leaves oblong, petiolate; upper leaves alternate, sessile, linear-lanceolate

Flowers 1-3 on the branch ends;

calyx lobes 5, leaf-like, narrow, 5-10 mm. long, with a few slender teeth;

corolla saucer-shaped, blue, 12-16 mm. long, the 5 broad lobes twice as long as the tube;

stamens 5;

style much shorter than the corolla;

ovary inferior.

Flowers several in an elongate raceme, on long, curved pedicels arising from the axils of small bracts;

calyx lobes 5, narrow;

corolla broadly bell-shaped, blue-violet, 30-40 mm. long, the 5 lobes broadly triangular;

stamens 5;

stigma 3-lobed;

ovary inferior.

Capsule 3-celled; sub-globose, 3-5 cm. long and wide.

Capsule 3-celled.