Japan Flora: Glabrous biennial; stems 10-20 cm. long, 4-angled; basal leaves obovate-spathulate; cauline leaves oblong to narrowly ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 7-12 mm. wide, obtuse, sessile, smooth; flowers 1-10, 2.5-3 cm. long, rose-purple, 5-mcrous, the peduncles 5-10 mm. long; calyx with hairlike papillae on the angles and on margins of the lobes, the tube 2-4 mm. long, the lobes very unequal, 3-6 times as long as the tube, lanceolate, 8-15 mm. long, acumi- nate or acute, often recurved; corolla 1.5-2 times as long as the calyx-lobes, the lobes 1/3 as long as the tube; crown of the corolla-lobes about 2/3 as long as the corolla-lobes, deeply cut into capillary filaments, whitish. Aug. Alpine;

Hok­kaido.