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Description
The emerging leaves have a faint reddish-purple pigmentation and are densely covered with long, pale brown, white-tipped hairs. They soon lose the pigmentation, becoming green. The leaves are upright. Mature leaves have a long petiole with neatly serrated teeth at the margins.
The squarish flowers are flat and a paler blue than most other cultivars with four ovate petals, which overlap at the base. Their squarish appearance is more noticeable from the rear. There are usually two to four flowers coming from the false whorl.
The fruit capsule is narrow and ellipsoidal and densely covered with pale straw, white-tipped bristles. The stigma is large and rounded.
The cultivar forms large clumps and can be easily divided. although it can be a little brittle. The flowering season can be from late May to early June. This cultivar is available from specialist nurseries.