Erect annual, usually much-branched and spreading from near base, rarely not branched; stems densely glandular-hairy, ascending to c. 15 cm. Lvs sessile or subsessile, to c. 8 × 6 mm, digitately (3)-5-(7)-lobed, hairy; lobes ± oblong; base cuneate; apex rounded. Infl. a long terminal raceme with fls extending almost to base of plant, densely glandular-hairy; pedicels 3-15 mm long, usually much > bracts. Upper bracts usually 3-lobed, smaller and narrower than lvs. Calyx 3-5 mm long; lobes oblong or oblong-elliptic, glandular-hairy, obtuse. Corolla 3- c. 4.5 mm diam., blue. Capsule 4-5 mm wide; lobes rounded and glandular-hairy towards apex; nerves raised. Seeds broad-ellipsoid, strongly compressed and cup-shaped.