Glabrous, perennial, 8-20 cm high herb. Roots slender, unbranched, brownish. Rhizome short. Stem absent. Leaves triangular, obtuse, truncate, 5-nerved, entire-crenate, 1.5-10.0 x 1.0-2.5 cm; petiole longer than the lamina, 2.0-14.0 cm long, winged, glabrous; stipules free, dentate, ± fimbriate, 0.2-0.6 x 0.1-0.2 cm, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers medium, 0.6-1.2 cm long, lilac. Peduncle c. 5-15 cm long, glabrous. Bracteoles 2, opposite, 0.2-0.5 x 0.05-0.1 cm, lanceolate, acute, entire. Sepals 0.4-1.2 x 0.1-0.2 cm, lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, cuneate; spur saccate; styles nearly straight, stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, upto 1 cm long, glabrous, acute.

Fl. Per.: May-August.

Type: Australia, Botany Bay, Port Jackson, N.S. Wales White (LINN).

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indo-China, China, S. Japan, Malaysia, Australia.