Japan Flora: Glabrous annual; stems terete, 30-100 cm. long, often branching; leaves flat, broadly linear, 2-3.5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, acute to acumi­nate, gradually and slightly narrowed at base, glaucous, sessile; flowers white or blue, the pedicels 2-4 cm. long; sepals ovate- oblong, 5-7 mm. long, entire, eglandular, acuminate, 3-nerved; petals obovate, about 10 mm. long; stigma decurrent along the inner side of styles; capsules globose, about 7 mm. across. June-Aug.

Widely cultivated and sometimes sparsely natu­ralized in our area. Centr. Asia.