Leaves 6-15 mm wide, slightly glaucous adaxially. Flowers zygomorphic or actinomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, bright to deep bluish violet, each 5-, 7-, or 9-veined, occasionally 3-veined in outer whorls, 18-28 × 2-5 mm; anthers dull yellow, violet, or brown, 2.5-4 cm; fruiting pedicel spreading- or incurving-erect, with capsules held away from raceme axes, 10-25 mm. Capsules 9-17 mm. Seeds 5-10 per locule. 2n = 30.

Flowering mid--late spring. Wet meadows, fields, and rocky, coastal bluffs; 0--600 m; B.C.; Oreg., Wash.