Annual or perennial herb, 15–40 cm high, erect; branches with dense spreading hairs. Leaves moderately hairy, apex obtuse, margins flat; rosette leaves ovate, 2–10 cm long, 8–20 mm wide; cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescence axis with appressed antrorse hairs. Flowers on pedicels to c. 10 mm long; sepals 2.5–5 mm long, acute, connate in basal third to half, elongating with age, lower parts covered with hooked hairs; corolla 2–4 mm long, 3–5 mm diam., slightly exceeding the sepals, glabrous, bright blue with a yellow throat, tube longer than lobes; stamens and style included in corolla-tube, style shorter than stamens. Mericarps c. 1.5 mm long, dark brown. Flowers mostly spring and summer.
VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, HSF, HNF, Strz. Also naturalised Tas. Native to Europe and Asia. An occasional garden-escape found mostly in moist disturbed sites.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Boraginaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 387–411. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
