PLANT: Stems 3-10 cm tall, compact; stems leafy throughout, pubescent with branched hairs. LEAVES: oblong to mostly oblanceolate, toothed to lobed, 1-2.5 cm long, the teeth and lobes with 2-3 bristles in the proximal half, the distal half with 1-2 bristles per lobe. FLOWERS: calyx 5-10 mm long, pubescent; corolla funnelform, the tube 10-13 mm long, the lobes white to lavender; stamens equal; anthers exserted; pollen white to blue. CAPSULE: 5-8 mm long. NOTES: 2 subspp.; OR and ID, s to CA and AZ. REFERENCES: Dieter H. Wilken and J. Mark Porter, 2005, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Polemoniaceae. CANOTIA 1: 1-37.