Japan Flora: Glabrous, erect perennial, 5-12 cm. high; stems 4-angled, often red-purple, c化eping at base; cau­line leaves rather thick, broadly lanceolate to oblong, 7-15 mm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, obtuse, sessile, whitish on margin; flow­ers few, dark blue-purple, sessile, 2.5-3 cm. long; calyx-tube 6-8 mm. long, the lobes ovate, obtuse, spreading, 1/4-1/3 as long as the tube; corolla tube narrow, the lobes 1/4-1/3 as long as the tube, the plaits deltoid, deeply toothed, incurved and clos­ing the throat; capsules long-stipitate, slightly exserted; seeds fusiform, smooth.  July-Sept Alpine;

Hokkaido. Ko­rea, Kuriles.

var. robusta (Hara) Ohwi.  Somewhat larger; leaves 3-7 mm. wide; flowers 22-30 mm. long; calyx-lobes erect or ascending; corolla-tube slightly thicker. Wet places, alpine; Honshu (Mount lide in Iwashiro Prov.)