Rhizomes horizontal, long and relatively thin. Stems 20-80 cm, erect, branched, rough-hairy. Basal leaves broadly lanceolate, tapered into a long petiole, entire or occasionally toothed. Upper leaves sessile with an entire margin. Flower heads large, 5 cm or more diam., in a loose corymb. Ray flowers numerous, large (13-15 mm), blue or pink. V - May to October. Fl - in nature August-September. Fr. - October. P - by seed or division. Z 6 (5). New.

Caucasus (Transcaucasus, Dagestan). In mountain meadows and open deciduous forests.