Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in central Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to Northwest Territories and Alberta.

Habitat: Subalpine and alpine rock crevices and heathlands.

Flowers: July-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)

Pollination: Generalist

Perennial herbs, creeping below ground, the lax stems up to 1.5 dm. tall.

Basal leaves petiolate, the blades oblanceolate to elliptic, serrate, 6-25 mm. long; cauline leaves similar, alternate, few and reduced.

Flowers usually solitary, terminal; calyx lobes 5, narrow, leaf-like, 5-18 mm. long, with a few slender teeth; corolla bell-shaped, blue, 18-30 mm. long, the 5 lobes broad, much shorter than the tube; stamens 5, free form the corolla, the filaments short; style included, stigma 3-lobed; ovary inferior.

Capsule 3-celled, cylindrical, 1 cm. long.