Rhizomatous perennial; stems simple or occasionally 1- or 2-branched, glabrous or shortly hirsute near base, erect, (10–)20–60 cm high, usually leafless in upper half; leaves opposite near base, becoming alternate, narrowly obovate to linear, 5–50 mm long, 1–2(–3.5) mm wide; margins thickened, usually with a few, distant callus-teeth. Hypanthium obconical, 2.5–4 mm long, glabrous; calyx-lobes erect, narrow-triangular, 2–6 mm long, glabrous; corolla campanulate, blue, sometimes yellowish outside, tube 3–6 mm long, shorter to longer than calyx-lobes, lobes elliptic, 7–16 mm long, 4–7 mm wide, acute, widely spreading; style 6–11 mm long, hardly constricted, lobes 3, oblong. Capsule obconical to narrowly obconical, 5–9 mm long, 2–4 mm wide. Flowers Oct.–Dec.
Wim, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT. Also SA, Tas. Widespread in southern, often near-coastal areas, usually occurring in light forest or heathland developed on sandy soils. Sometimes locally abundant following fire or slashing.
