This 15-40 cm high annual herb can be found growing in the wild on hills in Western Ghats and the Himalayas. It has a weak hairy stem with alternate leaves. The leaves are elliptic-oblong, 3-8 cm long, hairy and toothed. Flowers occur solitary in leaf axils or in cymes at the end of stems. Five sepals are lance-like and hairy. The bluish purple bellshaped flower has 5 petals which are veined. There are 5 stamens and a 3-lobes stigma.