PLANT: Annual, 10-35 cm tall, usually branched; stems cobwebby pubescent below, sparsely glandular above. LEAVES: cobwebby pubescent, reduced above the basal rosette; basal and lower deeply lobed, the lobes linear, entire or toothed; cauline leaves basally lobed to entire. INFLORESCENCE: open, with 1-2 pedicelled flowers at branch tips. FLOWERS: calyx 2.5-5 mm long, glabrous, the lobes acute to acuminate; corolla funnelform, 4-8 mm long, the tube and throat equal to or slightly exceeding the calyx, white, the throat white with yellow flecks, lobeswhite to pale blue, sometimes streaked with violet flecks; stamens inserted on the throat;anthers slightly exserted; stigma located among the anthers. CAPSULE: 3.5-6 mm long, oblong-ovoid. 2n=36. NOTES: Sandy soils, bajadas, canyons, desert shrublands, coniferous or oak woodlands; Cochise, Graham, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai cos.; 1150-1650 m (3700-5450 ft); Apr-Jun; AZ to sw NM, s to n Mex. REFERENCES: Dieter H. Wilken and J. Mark Porter, 2005, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Polemoniaceae. CANOTIA 1: 1-37.