Rhizome short. Leafy stem slightly geniculate, 20-30 cm, mostly unbranched. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, serrate. Flowers rather large (2.5-3.5 cm), blue, clustered at top of stem. V - early spring to autumn. Fl - late spring (May in St. Petersburg) for 2-3 weeks. Fr - July. P - is relatively easy by seed. Flowers in the first year after sowing. Winters underground, cold resistant. Grows best in partial shade. Z 5 (4). New.

Caucasus (western region, in the gorge of the Gega River). In mountain meadows.