Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.

Habitat: Lowland to montane, dry to mesic forest openings and rocky outcroppings.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Generalist

Perennial herbs from branching, slender rhizomes, the stems lax, often curved at the base, mostly glabrous, 1-4 dm. tall.

Leaves sharply serrate, the lower ones long-petiolate, the blades rotund or ovate, 1-4 cm. long; cauline leaves alternate, progressively narrower, longer, with shorter petioles, becoming sessile, linear bracts of the racemes.

Flowers several on long, slender pedicels; calyx lobes 5, entire, narrow; corolla bell-shaped, pale blue, 8-12 mm. long, the 5 lobes ovate-oblong, longer than the tube, recurved-spreading; stamens 5; style well-exerted; ovary inferior.

Capsule 3-celled, sub-globose, 3-6 mm. long.