Rhizomatous perennial; stems simple (rarely 1–2-branched), erect, to 20 cm high, minutely pubescent near base, otherwise glabrous, leafless in upper half; leaves very crowded toward base, oblong to narrowly obovate, 2–12 mm long, 0.5–2 mm wide, glabrous, thickish; margins minutely granular, often with 1–3 small callus-teeth. Hypanthium obconical, 1.5–3.5 mm long, glabrous; calyx-lobes erect, narrow-triangular, 2–4.5 mm long, glabrous; corolla campanulate, purplish-blue, tube 2.5–6.5 mm long, equal to or longer than calyx-lobes, lobes elliptic to obovate, 8–15 mm long, 3–7.5 mm wide, acute or obtuse; style 4–8 mm long, somewhat constricted about midway, lobes 2(or 3), oblong. Capsule obconical, 3.5–8 mm long, 2.5–4 mm wide. Flowers Jan.–Feb.
EGU, VAlp. Also NSW (Mt Kosciusko region). Rare, in Victoria apparently confined to water-retentive basaltic soils in grasslands and herbfields on the Nunniong Plateau, Dargo High Plain and Cobungra areas.
