Plant: Annual, hairy, taprooted; stem erect, 1.5-8 dm Leaves: 2-5 cm, basal and cauline, sessile, entire, linear to oblong INFLORESCENCE: raceme, long, ± terminal; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 1-3 mm Flowers: calyx 2.5-3 mm in fruit, lobes 5, widely linear, spreading in fruit; corolla 2-4 mm wide, blue, 5-lobed, funnel-shaped, appendages present; style entire Fruit: nutlets 4, 3-4 mm, ovate, covered with ± long, barbed prickles Misc: Moist, disturbed, cultivated soils, weedy, urban areas; < 200 m