Short to medium, usually hairless stoloniferous plant, stems ascending to erect. Leaves linear untoothed and unstalked. Flowers blue, 12 to 20 mm long pendant bells.

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Dry, grassy habitats, hills, commons, heaths and banks.

July to September

Perennial

Widespread and fairly common in most of Britain, but less so in the south-west of England.

Widespread but declining in Leicestershire and Rutland; threatened by habitat loss.

though possibly declining. In the Flora of Leicestershire (Primavesi and Evans 1988) it was found in 180 of the 617 tetrads, and in the Flora of Rutland (Messenger 1971) in 39 tetrads.

It is listed on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall and Woodward 2022) because of its threat level and decline; most populations are small.