Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon.

Habitat: Roadsides and moist woods at low elevations.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies

Stiff-hairy perennial from a branched base and fibrous roots, the several stems 0.5-4 dm. tall.

Petiolate basal leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 13 cm. long and 13 mm. wide; cauline leaves several, smaller, up to 6 cm. long, sessile, oblong to lance-elliptic.

Inflorescence compact, the racemes short, naked; pedicels 3-5 mm. long; calyx 3-5 mm. long, with stiff hairs, some of them hooked, the 5 lobes longer than the tube; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 4-8 mm. wide, blue, flat; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; style shorter than the nutlets.

Nutlets 4, attached near the base, black, smooth and shining.