Plant: annual or short-lived perennial herb, to 70 cm tall Leaves: opposite, sessile, entire, 2-9 cm long, 0.7-3.5 cm wide; basal leaves obovate; cauline leaves clasping, oblong to oblong elliptic INFLORESCENCE: flowers usually paniculate Flowers: pedicels to 7 cm long; calyx lobes to 25 mm long, 0.9-1.7 times as long as the corolla tube; corolla 2-3 cm long, white to lavender, the lobes oblong to obovate, to 20 mm long and twice as long as the tube; style ca 5 mm long; stigmas as wide as long Fruit: FRUITS ellipsoid capsules. SEEDS small, globose Misc: Wet, often alkaline or saline areas; 50-1000 m (200-3200 ft); Mar-Nov REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T. 1998 Gentianaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 84.