Appearance
This plant has the following characeristics:- Upright, to 40 cm; softly hairy, with hairs at more-or-less right-angles to the stem.
- Flowers grey-blue, 3-5mm across, saucer shaped in profile; sepal tube with hooked hairs; April–October.
- Mature fruit dark brown, shiny.
- Mature calyx on spreading stalks longer than sepal tube; calyx teeth conceal the ripe fruit.
- Basal leaves stalked, in a rosette; upper leaves not stalked.
- Generally found on open, well drained ground; common throughout the British Isles.
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