Plant: Annual wetland forb to 40 cm, usually with single stem Leaves: cauline, thin, serrate, sessile, clasping, generally 8-11 mm, round-cordate; veins on lower surface conspicuous INFLORESCENCE: flowers solitary to several in axils of leaf-like bracts, sessile Flowers: flowers blue-purple; sepals spreading, narrowly triangular, not leaf-like; corolla rotate; ovary 5-10 mm, oblong to obovoid; corolla 8-10 mm, lobes 6-8 mm; stamens 3.5 mm; style 4.5 mm Fruit: a capsule opening by lateral pores near apex; Fruit dehiscing by lateral pores Misc: Disturbed areas; < ± 900 m. Notes: stamens ciliate at base, capsule opening by lateral pores usually midway between base and apex.Hypanthium is short cylindric or elliptic. References: Kearney & Peebles; Arizona Flora. McDougall; Seed plants of Northern Arizona. A Utah Flora. ASU specimans